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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NANGKA (11W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST SAT JUL 4 2015

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NANGKA PASSING NEAR WOTJE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS...INCLUDING ENEWETAK...
UJAE...KWAJALEIN...UTIRIK AND WOTJE ATOLLS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR WOTJE AND UTIRIK ATOLLS.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN 12 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ENEWETAK...KWAJALEIN AND
UJAE ATOLLS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 TO
73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NANGKA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 9.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 169.7 EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT   35 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF WOTJE
        ABOUT  195 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MAJURO
        ABOUT  120 MILES SOUTH OF UTIRIK
        ABOUT  140 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KWAJALEIN
        ABOUT  290 MILES EAST OF UJAE AND
        ABOUT  515 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ENEWETAK

TROPICAL DEPRESSION NANGKA IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK TAKES TROPICAL DEPRESSION NANGKA JUST
NORTH OF KWAJALEIN AND UJAE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. NANGKA IS
EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST HEADING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED. NANGKA IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTENSIFYING OVER THE WEEKEND...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TROPICAL
STORM THIS AFTERNOON.

...WOTJE...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY IN A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE
LATER THIS EVENING. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
SEAS AND WINDS SUBSIDE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
THE SOUTH AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS NANGKA MOVES AWAY TO THE
WEST. SOUTH TO SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE
OVERNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 11 TO 13 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE SUNDAY. LARGE WAVES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF UP TO 15
FEET. COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG WEST AND
SOUTH FACING SHORES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS
AFTERNOON.

...UTIRIK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY IN A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE
LATER THIS EVENING. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
SEAS AND WINDS SUBSIDE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AS NANGKA CONTINUES WEST AWAY FROM UTIRIK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 11 TO 13 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE SUNDAY. LARGE WAVES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF UP TO 15
FEET. COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG NORTH AND
EAST FACING SHORES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

...KWAJALEIN AND UJAE...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO SEEK STURDY SHELTER IN CASE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
IS ISSUED. THE CURRENT TRACK KEEPS DAMAGING WINDS OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION NANGKA NORTH OF BOTH KWAJALEIN AND UJAE. HOWEVER...A SMALL
SHIFT TO THE SOUTH COULD BRING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TO BOTH
LOCATIONS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL SEAS AND WINDS SUBSIDE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING
WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY
DECREASING SUNDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. LARGE WAVES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF UP TO
14 FEET AND BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET OF COASTAL INUNDATION ALONG NORTH
AND WEST FACING SHORES THROUGH SUNDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY.

...ENEWETAK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO SEEK STURDY SHELTER IN CASE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
IS ISSUED. THE CURRENT TRACK HAS TROPICAL DEPRESSION NANGKA
INTENSIFYING INTO A TROPICAL STORM LATER THIS MORNING AND BRINGS
DAMAGING WINDS TO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. UNTIL SEAS AND WINDS
SUBSIDE...DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING...AND
COULD LAST UNTIL AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BUILD THROUGH THE WEEKEND PEAKING AT
BETWEEN 12 AND 16 FEET MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 12
FEET WILL BUILD TO DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 13 TO 18 FEET BY MONDAY
MORNING AS THE CENTER OF 11W NEARS. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG EAST FACING
SHORES AS NANGKA APPROACHES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11W PASSES BY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 900 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$

M. AYDLETT
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