[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SUPER TYPHOON NANGKA (11W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST FRI JUL 10 2015

...SUPER TYPHOON NANGKA MOVING WEST AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TYPHOON WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND
ALAMAGAN ISLANDS.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
NONE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF SUPER TYPHOON NANGKA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 18.3N...LONGITUDE 143.3E.

THIS IS
ABOUT 160 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT 165 MILES WEST OF PAGAN
ABOUT 175 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST ALAMAGAN

NANGKA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 155 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
SUPER TYPHOON NANGKA IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A WESTWARD HEADING
TODAY...THEN BEGIN TURNING TO THE NORTH WHILE SLOWING IN FORWARD
SPEED OVER THE WEEKEND. NANGKA IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN A SLOW WEAKENING
TREND LATE TODAY THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

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

SEAS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...STAY AWAY FROM
THE WATERS AND AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

...WIND INFORMATION...
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AT
15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING AND DECREASE FURTHER TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SEAS OF 20 TO 25 FEET THIS MORNING WILL SUBSIDE SLOWLY TO A  RANGE
OF 12 TO 18 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THE SWELL WAVES PRODUCED BY TYPHOON
NANGKA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE COMBINED SEAS IN A RANGE OF 10 TO 15
FEET ACROSS THE NORTHERN MARIANAS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

LOCAL COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 3 FEET IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING. DANGEROUS SURF WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE AS NANGKA IS
EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS AS
IT CURVES TO THE NORTH THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP LARGE SWELL
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHERN MARIANAS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST SCHEDULED LOCAL STATEMENT FOR TYPHOON NANGKA ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN.

$$

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