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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
346 PM CHST FRI AUG 14 2015

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W FORMS EAST OF GUAM...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TYPHOON WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAVE NOW BEEN ISSUED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN IN THE NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN AS WELL AS
THEIR COASTAL WATERS. TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM AND ROTA AS WELL AS
THEIR COASTAL WATERS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING
DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

ALL PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REVIEW THEIR PREPAREDNESS
PLAN AND BE READY TO IMPLEMENT IT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR
THEIR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 12.5N...LONGITUDE 150.3E. THIS IS ABOUT 355 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN...360 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN AND
ROTA...AND 380 MILES EAST OF GUAM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 30
MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-
NORTHWEST TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING BACK TOWARD THE NORTHWEST LATER
ON SATURDAY WHILE SLOWING IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS WOULD TAKE 16W
THROUGH THE MARIANAS NORTH OF SAIPAN MONDAY MORNING.

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-141300-
/O.NEW.PGUM.TY.A.0006.150814T0546Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
346 PM CHST FRI AUG 14 2015

...TYPHOON WATCH IN EFFECT...

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

BE PREPARED TO PUT YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN INTO
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS...WHICH ARE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
MAKE SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...DAMAGING
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE
BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING AND COULD CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
AS THE CENTER OF 16W PASSES BY TO THE NORTH OF SAIPAN. TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS COULD OCCUR IF 16W SHIFTS TO A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL BUILD SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING 15 FEET OR
MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS
THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 FEET OR HIGHER IS
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET AS
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ151-152-141300-
/O.NEW.PGUM.TR.A.0003.150814T0546Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-GUAM COASTAL WATERS-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
346 PM CHST FRI AUG 14 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

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

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W PASSES
WELL TO THE NORTHWEST. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. A SHIFT TOWARD THE SOUTH IN THE
FORECAST TRACK COULD RESULT IN HIGHER WIND SPEEDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. CURRENT FORECAST BRINGS TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS TO NEAR ROTA...BUT ANY DEVIATION TO THE SOUTH COULD
BRING THESE WINDS INTO GUAM WATERS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 10 AND 14 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT
RESULTING IN SURF BETWEEN 11 AND 16 FEET. AROUND ONE FOOT OF
INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

$$

GUZ001-141300-
/O.NEW.PGUM.TR.A.0003.150814T0546Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-
346 PM CHST FRI AUG 14 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

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

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W PASSES
WELL TO THE NORTHWEST. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. A SHIFT TOWARD THE SOUTH IN THE
FORECAST TRACK COULD RESULT IN HIGHER WIND SPEEDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WILL EXTEND AS FAR SOUTH AS ROTA...HOWEVER...ANY
DEVIATION TO THE SOUTH COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO GUAM.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 10 AND 14 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT
RESULTING IN SURF BETWEEN 11 AND 16 FEET. AROUND ONE FOOT OF
INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

&&

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 900 PM...OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

$$

W. AYDLETT
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