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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM NANGKA (11W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST SAT JUL 4 2015

...NANGKA NOW A TROPICAL STORM...

.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 TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ENEWETAK ATOLL. TYPHOON
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN 48 HOURS.

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WOTJE AND
UTIRIK ATOLLS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NANGKA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 9.9 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 169.2 EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT   65 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF WOTJE
        ABOUT   85 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF UTIRIK
        ABOUT  125 MILES NORTHEAST OF KWAJALEIN
        ABOUT  235 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAJURO
        ABOUT  260 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF UJAE AND
        ABOUT  475 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ENEWETAK

TROPICAL STORM NANGKA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK TAKES TROPICAL STORM NANGKA JUST NORTH OF
KWAJALEIN AND UJAE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. NANGKA IS EXPECTED TO
MAINTAIN A WEST-NORTHWEST HEADING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH A
SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. NANGKA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTENSIFYING OVER THE WEEKEND.

...WOTJE...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...REMAIN IN
A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES. 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 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
THE SOUTH AND DECREASE THIS EVENING AS NANGKA CONTINUES WEST AWAY
FROM WOTJE. 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 WITH COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG WEST AND
SOUTH FACING SHORES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

...UTIRIK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...REMAIN
IN A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL SEAS AND WINDS SUBSIDE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DECREASE
TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH OVERNIGHT AS NANGKA HEADS 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 WITH COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ALONG NORTH AND
EAST FACING SHORES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

...ENEWETAK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO SEEK STURDY SHELTER IN CASE A TYPHOON WARNING
IS ISSUED. THE CURRENT TRACK HAS TROPICAL STORM NANGKA
INTENSIFYING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TYPHOON
ON MONDAY. THE FORECAST TRACK 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. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BUILD THROUGH THE WEEKEND PEAKING
BETWEEN 12 AND 16 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8
TO 12 FEET WILL BUILD TO DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 13 TO 18 FEET EARLY
MONDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF NANGKA 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 STORM NANGKA PASSES BY.

...KWAJALEIN AND UJAE...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE CURRENT TRACK KEEPS DAMAGING WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM NANGKA
NORTH OF BOTH KWAJALEIN AND UJAE. HOWEVER...A SMALL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTH COULD BRING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TO KWAJALEIN TONIGHT...
AND UJAE 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 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE 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.

&&

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

$$

M. AYDLETT
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