[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN (07W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST MON MAY 11 2015

...TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN TURNING NORTH-NORTHWEST...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR MOKIL HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND
PAKIN. DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED A COUPLE
MORE HOURS...BUT SHOULD DIMINISH BY EVENING.

SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...9.3N 159.4E

ABOUT 175 MILES NORTH OF MOKIL
ABOUT 185 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF POHNPEI
ABOUT 190 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PAKIN

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH...335 DEGREES AT 9 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM DOLPHIN CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY FROM POHNPEI. DOLPHIN
WILL TURN GRADUALLY TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEST-NORTHWEST
BY TUESDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS HAVE CEASED ACROSS
MOKIL AND WILL SOON COME TO AN END AT POHNPEI AND PAKIN.

&&

...MOKIL...

.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 AT MOKIL. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL FALL TO 8 TO 11 FEET OVERNIGHT.
SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT 8 TO 10 FEET ALONG WEST AND NORTH FACING
REEFS THIS EVENING...FALLING TO 7 TO 9 FEET OVERNIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY.

&&

...POHNPEI AND PAKIN...

.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...
WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE THIS EVENING TO 20
TO 30 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
SURF OF 9 TO 12 FEET ALONG WEST AND NORTH FACING REEFS. SEAS WILL
FALL TO 9 TO 12 FEET BY THIS EVENING...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8
TO 10 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SHOWER COVERAGE IS DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

$$

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