[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
800 AM CHST WED OCT 1 2014

...TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE
FAR NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS OF THE
FAR NORTHERN MARIANAS AND SURROUNDING WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN...ALAMAGAN
AND SURROUNDING WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PHANFONE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.7N...LONGITUDE 143.9E...OR ABOUT 155 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN...AND 140 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STORM MOTION
WAS TOWARD THE WEST AT 13 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
PHANFONE HAS MOVED WEST OF THE FAR NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS...AND
THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER CONTINUES
TO TAKE THE CENTER OF PHANFONE FARTHER AWAY. PHANFONE IS EXPECTED
TO INTENSIFY SIGNIFICANTLY...AND WILL MOST LIKELY BECOME A TYPHOON
BY THIS AFTERNOON.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY INSIDE...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM...AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING
OR DURING TEMPORARY LULLS AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY.

AS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS DIMINISH...DO NOT GO OUTSIDE TO CHECK
FOR DAMAGE OR TO IMPLEMENT TEMPORARY REPAIRS UNTIL HIGH WINDS
FULLY SUBSIDE.

FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT...
AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY
DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS...
AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION...
PLEASE REFER TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED ABOUT 2 PM CHST OR SOONER
IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY CONTINUING ACROSS
PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN. BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST...THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH THROUGH THIS MORNING ON PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BUT STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH
WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO TOMORROW AS PHANFONE MOVES AWAY AND
INTENSIFIES.

DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...MAINLY TO POORLY BUILT
STRUCTURES. MINOR DAMAGE TO BANANA TREES AND NEAR-COASTAL
AGRICULTURE IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM SALT SPRAY. SOME SMALL DEAD
LIMBS...RIPE COCONUTS AND DEAD PALM FRONDS MAY BE BLOWN FROM
TREES...AND SOME FRAGILE LEAVES MAY BE BLOWN FROM TREES SUCH AS
PAPAYA.

EXPECT SEAS TO 10 TO 15 FEET TODAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
WIND-GENERATED SURF MAY CAUSE 1 FOOT OF COASTAL INUNDATION ALONG
EXPOSED SHORELINES.

...INLAND FLOODING...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

BIRCHARD




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