[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST SUN DEC 02 2012

...STRONG TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) MAINTAINING INTENSITY AND MOVING
WEST-NORTHWEST TOWARD KOROR...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR
PEOPLE IN KOROR AND NEARBY ISLANDS INCLUDING ANGAUR...PELELIU...
BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL AND SONSOROL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND
FOR NGULU ATOLL IN YAP STATE.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN THE
REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

THE TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NGULU IN YAP STATE.

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SONSOROL IN THE
REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

A TYPHOON WARNING MEANS THAT DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS AND THAT TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING WINDS
GREATER THAN 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.

A TYPHOON WATCH MEANS THAT TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING SUSTAINED
WINDS GREATER THAN 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48
HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON BOPHA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 5.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 139.5 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
              285 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF YAP
              370 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR PALAU AND KAYANGEL
              500 MILES EAST OF SONSOROL.

TYPHOON BOPHA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AND HAS INCREASED FORWARD
SPEED TO 14 MPH. TYPHOON BOPHA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS SAME
GENERAL MOTION THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE STILL
130 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON BOPHA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-
NORTHWEST. THE FORECAST TRACK TAKES BOPHA SOUTH OF NGULU AND ACROSS
THE ISLANDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU FROM KAYANGEL IN THE NORTH TO
ANGAUR IN THE SOUTH. THESE AREAS ARE AT GREAT RISK FOR DAMAGING
WINDS. THE TYPHOON COULD BECOME A CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS AS HIGH AS 150 MPH PRIOR TO REACHING THESE ISLANDS.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION THIS
MORNING. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITHIN 24 HOURS FOR LOCATIONS
FROM KAYANGEL IN THE NORTH TO ANGAUR IN THE SOUTH. THE LAST MAJOR
TYPHOON TO HIT PALAU WAS SUPER TYPHOON MIKE IN 1990. DO NOT
UNDERESTIMATE THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF TYPHOON-STRENGTH WINDS.
KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PREPARE A
SHELTER WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND STRONG WINDS IN ADDITION TO
HAVING ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE STORM.
IF YOU HAVE A CAR...TOP OFF THE GAS TANK. POWER WILL LIKELY BE OUT
FOR SOME TIME. HAVE SOME CASH ON HAND FOR EMERGENCIES. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR
SHOWERS THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE BY SUNDAY EVENING...AND TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT THE EXACT
WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET ALONG COASTAL SHORES IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 12 TO 20 FEET OR HIGHER BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THIS MAY CAUSE COASTAL INUNDATION OF 10
TO 15 FEET OR HIGHER FOR LOCATIONS THAT ARE DIRECTLY HIT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN LOCALLY HEAVY
SHOWERS. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH 6 TO 10
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY. FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

...NGULU...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS
MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND
COULD BECOME STRONGER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE NORTHWARD TRACK OR THE
WIND FIELD INCREASES.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET ALONG WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 15 FEET ON
SUNDAY AND COULD BECOME HIGHER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE NORTHWARD TRACK
OR THE WIND FIELD INCREASES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL WILL
INCREASE ON SUNDAY WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY.

...SONSOROL...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AFTER EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY. DAMAGING WINDS OF 35 TO 50
MPH ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY AND COULD BECOME STRONGER IF BOPHA TAKES
A MORE WESTWARD TRACK. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT THE EXACT WIND
SPEED AND DIRECTION.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 6 TO 9 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG NORTHERN AND EASTERN
SHORES THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY. SURF MAY BUILD TO 10 TO 15 FEET
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AND COULD CAUSE 1 TO 3 FEET OF COASTAL
INUNDATION. SURF COULD BECOME HIGHER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE WESTWARD
TRACK OR THE WIND FIELD EXPANDS SIGNIFICANTLY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY.
RAINFALL WILL INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...DEPENDING UPON THE MOTION
OF THE TYPHOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TYPHOON BOPHA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 900 AM CHST SUNDAY MORNING...OR SOONER
IF NECESSARY.

$$

SIMPSON/STANKO




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