[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON NANGKA (11W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
920 PM CHST THU JUL 9 2015

...TYPHOON NANGKA WEST OF PAGAN HEADING WEST-NORTHWEST...


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


.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAIPAN...TINIAN AND
THEIR COASTAL WATERS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON NANGKA (11W) WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.0N...LONGITUDE 145.2E...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST
OF PAGAN, ABOUT 50 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST ALAMAGAN, ABOUT 65 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN, ABOUT 200 MILES NORTH OF SAIPAN, ABOUT
210 MILES NORTH OF TINIAN, ABOUT 270 MILES NORTH OF ROTA, AND ABOUT
315 MILES NORTH OF GUAM. STORM MOTION WAS WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 145 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK TAKES TYPHOON NANGKA THROUGH THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS OVER ALAMAGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
NANGKA REMAINS A STRONG CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON. TYPHOON NANGKA IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR THIS INTENSITY AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE
MARIANAS.

THE LATEST FORECAST SHOWS THAT DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS TINIAN AND SAIPAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS NANGKA PASSES TO THE NORTH.

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN...

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

 REMAIN IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL DAMAGING WINDS SUBSIDE. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE TO TYPHOON FORCE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
MORNING HOURS. NANGKA PASSED OVER ALAMAGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND IS
NOW WEST OF PAGAN AND MOVING AWAY OVER THE PHILIPPINE SEA. DO NOT
ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...

.ALAMAGAN...TYPHOON FORCE SOUTH WINDS THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE
TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATER FRIDAY MORNING.

.PAGAN...TYPHOON FORCE SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO
SOUTH AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATER FRIDAY
MORNING.

.AGRIHAN...TROPICAL STORM FORCE EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
LATER FRIDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF AROUND 20 TO 30 FEET WILL REMAIN AT THESE HEIGHTS THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING LATER IN THE MORNING. SURF AS
HIGH AS 25 FEET WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL WINDS AND
SEAS DECREASE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
FRIDAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 AM CHST FRIDAY...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

GUZ003-004-092000-
/O.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-
920 PM CHST THU JUL 9 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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

DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING ON TINIAN AND
SAIPAN AND THEIR ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. SEAS AND WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

&&

...WINDS...
 TROPICAL STORM FORCE WEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
DANGEROUS SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS
NANGKA MOVES AWAY.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG NORTH AND
WEST FACING SHORES TONIGHT.

...FLOODING...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS
CAN CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

$$

PMZ153-154-092000-
/O.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
920 PM CHST THU JUL 9 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING AND ARE EXPECTED FOR
PART OF TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS NORTH OF
SAIPAN WHERE GUSTS TO 45 KT ARE POSSIBLE.

SEAS OF 15 TO 22 FEET ARE OCCURRING AND ARE EXPECTED FOR PART OF
TONIGHT AS NANGKA PASSES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN WATERS. SEAS SHOULD
START TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY MORNING.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 AM CHST FRIDAY...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$
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