[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

WTPQ81 PGUM 260951
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PMZ151-152-153-154-261700-
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 21W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
8 PM GUAM LST THU AUG 26 2004

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 21W FORMS EAST OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN
AND SAIPAN.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48
HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM GUAM LST..0900Z..THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 21W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 152.2 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 500 MILES EAST OF GUAM
                    475 MILES EAST OF ROTA
                    455 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN
                    450 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 21W IS MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH

...GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN...
RESIDENTS OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF DAMAGING WINDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. RESIDENTS SHOULD
CHECK THE CONTENTS OF THEIR DISASTER SUPPLIES KITS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF WITH HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 14 FEET IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY ON SOUTHWESTERN CLOCKWISE THROUGH NORTHWESTERN EXPOSURES. ON
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN EXPOSURES...SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS 8 TO 11
FEET TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS 10 TO 12 FEET ON ALL
EXPOSURES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 3 AM GUAM LST FRIDAY OR SOONER IF NECESSARY. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR OFFICIAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BULLETINS. ON GUAM AND ROTA...NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS
BROADCAST AT 162.40 MHZ AND IS AVAILABLE ON GUAM BY CALLING 811. ON
TINIAN AND SAIPAN...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AT 162.55 MHZ. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GUAM WEBSITE IS LOCATED AT
HTTP://WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/GUAM (LOWER CASE).

$$
ZIOBRO/MIDDLEBROOKE






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