[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST SUN DEC 2 2012

...INTENSE TYPHOON BOPHA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE 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.

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

A 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 700 AM CHST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON BOPHA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 6.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 138.2 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
              240 MILES SOUTH OF YAP
              275 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR
              280 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL AND
              415 MILES EAST OF SONSOROL.

TYPHOON BOPHA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AND HAS INCREASED FORWARD
SPEED TO 15 MPH. TYPHOON BOPHA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS SAME
GENERAL MOTION THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
INCREASED TO 145 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON BOPHA IS PASSING SOUTH OF NGULU. BOPHA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST. THE FORECAST TRACK TAKES BOPHA BETWEEN
THE ISLANDS OF ANGAUR AND KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU...WHICH
INCLUDES PELELIU...KOROR AND BABELDAOB. THESE AREAS ARE AT GREAT
RISK FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND WAVES. THE TYPHOON IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME A HIGH-END CATEGORY 4 SUPER TYPHOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AS
HIGH AS 150 MPH PRIOR TO REACHING THESE ISLANDS.

...KOROR FROM ANGAUR TO NORTHERN BABELDAOB...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CONCRETE STRUCTURE AT LEAST 25 FEET ABOVE SEA
LEVEL. MOST WOOD AND METAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE AFFECTED WITH THESE
WINDS WILL SUFFER EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OR COULD BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
PREPARATIONS FOR TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION
THIS MORNING. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 12 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 AND
IT PASSED NEAR KAYANGEL...SPARING KOROR AND MUCH OF PALAU. 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. HAVE ENOUGH
FOOD AND WATER TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE STORM. POWER WILL
LIKELY BE OUT FOR SOME TIME. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT ANY
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT FEW 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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
DAMAGING WINDS COULD LAST UNTIL NOON MONDAY. FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF
THE EYE...WIND DIRECTION WILL BE FROM THE NORTH AS BOPHA
APPROACHES...FROM THE EAST AS IT PASSES AND FROM THE SOUTHEAST AFTER
IT PASSES. FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE EYE...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE
NORTH TO THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHWEST AS BOPHA PASSES. NEAR THE
EYE. WIND WILL BE VERY STRONG AND THE DIRECTION WILL BE VARIABLE. DO
NOT VENTURE FAR FROM SHELTERS IF THE EYE PASSES OVERHEAD. IF THE
STORM STAYS ON ITS CURRENT TRACK... PELELIU AND KOROR WILL BE NEAR
OR IN THE EYE. NEAR THE EYE...SUSTAINED WINDS COULD BE AS HIGH AS
150 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 175 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET ALONG COASTAL SHORES IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 12 TO 16 FEET OR HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL INCREASE
TO OVER 25 FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS. INUNDATION COULD EXCEED 20 FEET
IN SOME LOCATIONS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN LOCALLY HEAVY
SHOWERS. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND MONDAY WITH 8 TO 10
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY. FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

...KAYANGEL...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CONCRETE STRUCTURE IF POSSIBLE AWAY FROM EASTERN
COASTAL EXPOSURES AT LEAST. SOME INUNDATION AND ISLAND OVERWASH IS
EXPECTED. WOOD AND METAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE AFFECTED THE EXPECTED
WINDS WILL SUFFER SEVERE DAMAGE OR COULD BE DESTROYED. PREPARATIONS
FOR TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION THIS MORNING.
TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 12 TO 16 HOURS FOR LOCATIONS
FROM NORTHERN BABELDAOB TO KAYANGEL IN THE NORTH. THE LAST MAJOR
TYPHOON TO HIT PALAU WAS SUPER TYPHOON MIKE IN 1990 AND IT PASSED
NEAR OR OVER KAYANGEL CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. 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. HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER TO LAST
SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE STORM. POWER WILL LIKELY BE OUT FOR SOME
TIME. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER
THE NEXT FEW 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 THIS EVENING...AND TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. WIND DIRECTION WILL BE NORTH...
CHANGING TO EAST AS THE STORM APPROACHES AND TO SOUTHEAST AFTER IT
PASSES. WINDS SHOULD BE LESS THAN NEARER KOROR.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET ALONG COASTAL SHORES IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 12 TO 16 FEET OR HIGHER THIS EVENING. SURF AS HIGH AS 20
FEET COULD OCCUR AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS MAY CAUSE
COASTAL INUNDATION OF 5 TO 7 FEET. THIS COULD BE HIGHER IF BOPHA
MOVES FARTHER NORTH THAN FORECAST.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN LOCALLY HEAVY
SHOWERS. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND MONDAY WITH 6 TO 10
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY.

...NGULU...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO CANCEL THE TYPHOON WATCH LATER TODAY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS
MORNING...TURNING EAST BY AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE TODAY 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 A LITTLE 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 TODAY 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.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED TODAY. DAMAGING WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BY
EARLY MONDAY AND COULD BECOME STRONGER IF BOPHA TAKES A MORE
WESTWARD TRACK. WINDS AT SONSOROL WILL MOST LIKELY TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST THEN TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY.

...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 300 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON...OR SOONER
IF NECESSARY.

$$

STANKO/GUARD








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