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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN (07W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST SUN MAY 10 2015

...TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN MOVING TOWARD PINGELAP...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON KOSRAE...AND ON PINGELAP...MOKIL...SAPWUAFIK
(NGATIK)...PAKIN AND POHNPEI IN POHNPEI STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR KOSRAE IS CANCELLED. DAMAGING WINDS OF
34 MPH OR MORE HAVE ENDED.

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR SAPWAUFIK (NGATIK) IS CANCELLED.
DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PINGELAP AND MOKIL IN
POHNPEI STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS
OF 34 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN IN POHNPEI
STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 34 TO
73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS...AND TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF
74 MPH OR MORE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...5.9N 161.5E

ABOUT 110 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF KOSRAE
ABOUT  65 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PINGELAP
ABOUT 130 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MOKIL
ABOUT 235 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 260 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN
ABOUT 280 MILES EAST OF SAPWUAFIK (NGATIK)
ABOUT 665 MILES EAST OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK
ABOUT 1255 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...300 DEGREES AT 7 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN IS MOVING SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST TOWARD
PINGELAP AND IS FORECAST TO PASS CLOSE LATER TODAY AND NEAR MOKIL
TONIGHT BEFORE PASSING ABOUT 85 MILES NORTHEAST OF POHNPEI EARLY
MONDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE FUTURE TRACK AND
INTENSIFICATION OF TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN SO THAT WINDS...SEAS AND
OTHER STORM EFFECTS FOR EACH ISLAND ARE STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN.

...KOSRAE...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE AS
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAVE ENDED IN THE KOSRAE COASTAL
WATERS. SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DIMINISH
FURTHER TONIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO 7 TO 10 FEET
TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 14 FEET TODAY ALONG WEST AND
SOUTH FACING REEFS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT BUT REMAIN HAZARDOUS AT
9 TO 12 FEET. COASTAL INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS  POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COASTAL WATERS OF KOSRAE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

...PINGELAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN IN YOUR SHELTER UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-
ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR IN PROGRESS...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
WILL SHIFT TO WEST THEN SOUTHWEST IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL THEN DECREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY
MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE MONDAY MORNING. WIND
SPEED...TIMING AND DIRECTION MAY VARY DEPENDING ON EXACTLY HOW
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN MOVES.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET ARE LIKELY TODAY...PRODUCING DANGEROUS
SURF UP TO 18 FEET. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT AND SHOULD
FALL TO 8 TO 11 FEET MONDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCAL
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

&&

...MOKIL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS. FIND A
STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM SHORELINES. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND
TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND
ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS
MORNING AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH SHORTLY
AFTER NOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PEAK AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 60 MPH AROUND SUNSET...THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND SLOWLY
DECREASE OVERNIGHT. WINDS SHOULD FALL BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING AND DECREASE FURTHER TO 20 TO 30 MPH
BY NOON. WIND SPEED...TIMING AND DIRECTION MAY VARY DEPENDING ON
EXACTLY HOW TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN MOVES.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET OR MORE ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...PRODUCING DANGEROUS SURF UP TO 18 FEET. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE ON MONDAY AND SHOULD FALL TO 8 TO 11 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. LOCAL FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE.

&&

...POHNPEI AND PAKIN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REVIEW YOUR STORM PREPAREDNESS PLAN. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH
FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS...AND PLENTY OF GASOLINE FOR
VEHICLES AND GENERATORS. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. WIND SPEED...TIMING AND DIRECTION MAY
VARY DEPENDING ON EXACTLY HOW TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN MOVES.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND
COULD LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE NOT
LIKELY UNLESS TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN TAKES A SHARP TURN TO THE
WEST.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY MORNING...PRODUCING DANGEROUS SURF OF 13 TO 16 FEET. SURF
WILL BE HAZARDOUS MAINLY ON EAST...NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. LOCAL
FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE.

...SAPWUAFIK...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER A THREAT ON SAPWUAFIK. TROPICAL
STORM DOLPHIN HOOKED FARTHER EAST THAN WAS ORIGINALLY FORECAST.
DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO WEST THEN
SOUTHWEST.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 10 FEET LATE TODAY AND
PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10
TO 13 FEET MAINLY ON WEST AND NORTH FACING REEFS AND BEACHES.
COASTAL INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT
TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 300 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

STANKO
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