[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST THU DEC 15 2011

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W MOVING AWAY FROM KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE THREAT OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAS ENDED.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 7.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 133.6 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT  275 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NGULU
                      55 MILES WEST OF KOROR
                      90 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KAYANGEL AND
                     340 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF YAP.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 35 MPH. TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 27W IS MOVING WEST AT 23 MPH. 27W IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN
THIS GENERAL COURSE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS MOVING AWAY FROM KOROR.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDED. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD
BE POSTPONED UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH TO 10
TO 20 MPH TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF HEIGHTS OF 9 TO 11 FEET ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG
NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS THIS AFTERNOON DIMINISHING BY TONIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST SCHEDULED LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W.

$$

ZIOBRO





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