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

...TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN MOVING TOWARD MOKIL...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TYPHOON WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
POHNPEI AND PAKIN IN POHNPEI STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN
CONJUNCTION WITH A TYPHOON WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 34 TO 73 MPH...ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING...AND TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR
MORE ARE POSSIBLE.

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 THROUGH TONIGHT.

SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...6.4N 160.2E

ABOUT  30 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF PINGELAP
ABOUT  40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOKIL
ABOUT 140 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 165 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...290 DEGREES AT 10 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST TOWARD MOKIL AND
IS FORECAST TO PASS NEAR THAT ATOLL AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING
BEFORE PASSING ABOUT 60 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 COULD CHANGE.

...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 WILL DECREASE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS
ON PINGELAP. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL DECREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SUNRISE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO DECREASE MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 16 FEET ARE LIKELY TODAY...PRODUCING
DANGEROUS SURF UP TO 16 FEET CAUSING 2 TO 3 FEET OF INUNDATION
NEAR HIGH TIDE. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT AND SHOULD
FALL TO 8 TO 11 FEET MONDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

&&

...MOKIL...

.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 OCCURRING AND ARE
EXPECTED TO LAST INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL BE
BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
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.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 18 FEET OR MORE ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...PRODUCING DANGEROUS SURF UP TO 16 FEET. THIS CAN
PRODUCE COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET AT HIGH TIDE. SEAS WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE ON MONDAY AND SHOULD FALL TO 8 TO 11 FEET
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY.
LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

&&

...POHNPEI AND PAKIN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
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. A DIP
TOWARD THE SOUTH IN THE FORECAST TRACK COULD RESULT IN HIGHER
WIND SPEEDS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS
WILL SHIFT BACK TO WEST AND BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND SUNRISE.
WINDS WILL BE WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AROUND NOON THEN DIMINISH
FURTHER MONDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL PASS
THROUGH POHNPEI AND PAKIN WITHIN THE NEXT 6 HOURS. WINDS WILL
THEN RELAX BRIEFLY BEFORE BUILDING UP AGAIN AS THE ACTUAL CORE OF
DOLPHIN MOVES BY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 14 TO 18 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. THIS WILL CAUSE INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET ON WINDWARD
COASTS. A PROLONGED NORTH WIND WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL
FLOODING IN SOKEHS BAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 9 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.
LOCAL FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 900 PM CHST TONIGHT.

$$

STANKO
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