[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
907 AM CHST THU MAY 14 2015

...TYPHOON DOLPHIN CONTINUING TOWARDS THE MARIANAS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE IN FANANU...GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN...AND SAIPAN.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND
SAIPAN AS WELL AS THE MARIANAS WATERS. TYPHOON CONDITIONS...
INCLUDING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR FANANU HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DAMAGING
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON DOLPHIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 11.1 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 152.8 EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 175
MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF FANANU...550 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
SAIPAN AND ROTA...555 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN...AND ABOUT
565 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM. DOLPHIN IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST
AT 9 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDSN OF 105 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK TAKES TYPHOON DOLPHIN ACROSS GUAM LATE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. BUT THERE IS STILL TIME FOR THE
TRACK TO SHIFT...AND IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROVIDE EXACT WIND AND
SURGE FORECASTS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

...FANANU AND THE HALL ISLANDS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
WEST WINDS MAY GUST OVER 25 MPH AT TIMES TODAY...BUT DAMAGING
WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
MORNING...PRODUCING DANGEROUS SURF UP TO 15 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY.

&&

GUZ001>004-PMZ151>154-140715-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.A.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-GUAM COASTAL WATERS-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
907 AM CHST THU MAY 14 2015

...A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...GUAM AND THE NORTHERN MARIANAS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE TO PUT YOUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN INTO ACTION. MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR A FEW DAYS...AS WELL AS
FUEL FOR VEHICLES AND GENERATORS. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. THE CURRENT FORECAST BRINGS
THE CENTER OF DOLPHIN OVER NORTHERN GUAM...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS
OCCURRING OVER GUAM. BUT A NORTHWARD SHIFT IN THE TRACK WOULD PUSH
THE HIGHEST WINDS NORTH AS WELL...POSSIBLY OVER ROTA...TINIAN OR
SAIPAN. MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT CAUGHT UNDER-PREPARED!

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS SUNRISE FRIDAY
MORNING...AND COULD LAST INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET THIS MORNING WILL BUILD AS DOLPHIN NEARS
AND COULD REACH 20 FEET OR MORE NEAR THE CENTER.

SURF OF 9 TO 11 FEET ON EAST FACING REEFS THURSDAY WILL BUILD TO
DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 15 FEET OR MORE AS DOLPHIN PASSES. HIGHEST
SURF WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE CENTER. AFTER DOLPHIN PASSES...SURF
WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 9 AND 12 FEET ON NORTH AND WEST FACING
REEFS AS SURF ON EAST FACING REEFS SUBSIDES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

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

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