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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM NANGKA (11W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
830 AM CHST MON JUL 6 2015

...TROPICAL STORM NANGKA MOVING WEST AND AWAY FROM ENEWETAK...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TYPHOON WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ENEWETAK ATOLL. TYPHOON
CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NANGKA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 11.4 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 160.3 EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 140 MILES WEST OF ENEWETAK
        ABOUT 340 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF POHNPEI
        ABOUT 800 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MAJURO

TROPICAL STORM NANGKA IS MOVING WEST AT 13 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM NANGKA CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM ENEWETAK ATOLL.
NANGKA IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST LATER TODAY WITH
LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED. NANGKA IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TYPHOON
LATER TODAY.

...ENEWETAK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS MOVING
FARTHER AWAY FROM ENEWETAK TO THE WEST. DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED LATER TODAY. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE FURTHER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 11 AND 14 FEET AND DANGEROUS SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET THIS
MORNING WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH TONIGHT.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTH
FACING SHORES BEFORE NOON.

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

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN GUAM FOR TROPICAL STORM NANGKA.

$$

WILLIAMS
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