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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
854 AM CHST FRI JUL 11 2014

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 09W MOVING TOWARD THE MARIANAS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN
AND SAIPAN...AND FOR THE MARIANAS WATERS OUT TO 40 NM. TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 09W WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 11.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 149.1 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 315 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM
              310 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ROTA
              325 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN AND SAIPAN.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 09W IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 09W IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER GUAM AROUND NOON
SATURDAY AS A TROPICAL STORM. HOWEVER...A SLIGHT DEVIATION FROM
THE FORECAST TRACK COULD BRING 09W NEAR ONE OF THE OTHER MARIANA
ISLANDS.

&&

GUZ001>004-PMZ151>154-110700-
/X.CON.PGUM.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-GUAM COASTAL WATERS-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
854 AM CHST FRI JUL 11 2014

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE DISASTER PLAN AND BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS OR BRING THEM
INSIDE. CHECK YOUR GENERATOR AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FUEL. LISTEN
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND
YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING.
AFTER MIDNIGHT WINDS ARE PREDICTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 50 TO 60 MPH AS 09W PASSES
AROUND MID-DAY SATURDAY. THE TRACK OF THE STORM WILL DETERMINE
WHICH ISLANDS GET TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS THE STORM PASSES ON SATURDAY. BRIEF
COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
NEAR HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY AS 09W PASSES ON
SATURDAY...WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF
THE STORM. LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 300 PM CHST THIS MORNING...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$

ZIOBRO/GUARD





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