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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM NANGKA (11W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 PM CHST SUN JUL 5 2015

...TROPICAL STORM NANGKA CLOSE TO ENEWETAK...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE IN ENEWETAK ATOLL IN THE WESTERN MARSHALL ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ENEWETAK ATOLL. TYPHOON
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NANGKA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 11.4 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 162.9 EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT  35 MILES EAST OF ENEWETAK
        ABOUT 640 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MAJURO

TROPICAL STORM NANGKA IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM NANGKA IS QUICKLY MOVING WEST TOWARDS ENEWETAK ATOLL
AND IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE ATOLL WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS. NANGKA WILL CONTINUE WEST...WITH A SLIGHT SHIFT TO THE WEST-
NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TROPICAL STORM NANGKA IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND COULD
BECOME A TYPHOON WEST OF ENEWETAK ON MONDAY.

...ENEWETAK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER
ENEWETAK THROUGH TONIGHT. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE CENTER OF
THE STORM IS CENTERED JUST EAST OF THE ATOLL. AS THE CENTER MOVES
OVER THE ATOLL...WINDS WILL LIKELY DECREASE TEMPORARILY. THIS IS NOT
THE END OF THE STORM. DAMAGING WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AS THE
EASTERN SIDE OF NANGKA PASSES OVER LATER TONIGHT. REMAIN IN SHELTER
UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING WHEN WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. INTER-ISLAND
TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED LATER
ON MONDAY. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING NORTH WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY WEAKEN AROUND
MIDNIGHT...LOCAL TIME AS THE CENTER PASSES OVERHEAD...THIS WILL NOT
BE THE END OF THE STORM. WINDS WILL QUICKLY REVERSE TO SOUTH AND
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE CENTER. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATER MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 13 AND 18 FEET TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 14 TO 20 FEET WILL
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE MONDAY MORNING.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG NORTH AND EAST
FACING SHORES AS NANGKA APPROACHES...WHILE INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET
IS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES ONCE NANGKA PASSES TO THE
WEST.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

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

$$

W. AYDLETT
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