[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
413 PM CHST THU AUG 18 2016

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10W CONTINUES EASTWARD...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN ISLANDS OF THE CNMI.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN OF
THE CNMI.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON TINIAN...SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN...
AND AGRIHAN. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SAIPAN AND TINIAN
ISLANDS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR
MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 24 HOURS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10W WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 142.6
DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT
ABOUT  300 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT  275 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN
ABOUT  260 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
ABOUT  210 MILES WEST OF SAIPAN
ABOUT  205 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF TINIAN
ABOUT  200 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ROTA
ABOUT  205 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUAM

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10W IS MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10W IS MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED
TO GRADUALLY TURN TO THE NORTHEAST AND INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
THIS EVENING. IT COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT.

...PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10W IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR PAGAN FRIDAY
MORNING. THE RV LUTA SHOULD LOOK FOR SAFE ANCHORAGE. PEOPLE ON
PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL
PREPARATIONS FOR THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BY THIS
EVENING.

....WIND INFORMATION...
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BECOME DAMAGING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AT PAGAN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND
TURNING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING. WINDS SHOULD FALL
BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS AROUND NOON. WINDS AT ALAMAGAN SHOULD BE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TURNING SOUTH AND
INCREASING TO 40 MPH AROUND SUNRISE. THE WIND WILL TURN TO
WEST BEFORE NOON AND FALL BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS. LIGHT NORTHEAST
WINDS TONIGHT AT AGRIHAN WILL BUILD TO DAMAGING LEVELS AFTER
SUNRISE FRIDAY...BUILDING TO 40 MPH AND SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND NOON. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HIGH SURF OF 13 FEET WILL OCCUR ON SOUTH AND WEST EXPOSURES ON
PAGAN...ALAMAGAN AND AGRIHAN ISLANDS DUE PRIMARILY TO THE MONSOON
FLOW. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WIND WAVES PRODUCED BY
NORTHWEST WINDS COULD AFFECT WESTSIDE ANCHORAGES AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL COULD BE 5 TO 7 INCHES OVER BOTH PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES AT AGRIHAN THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

...SAIPAN AND TINIAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10W SHOULD PASS NEAR PAGAN FRIDAY MORNING.
RESIDENTS OF SAIPAN AND TINIAN SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS CLOSELY IN
CASE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED. RESIDENTS STILL IN TENTS
FROM TYPHOON SOUDELOR AND PEOPLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS MAY WANT TO
STAY IN SHELTERS OVERNIGHT.

....WIND INFORMATION...
BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING WILL BUILD TO
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FRIDAY MORNING. AS CURRENTLY
FORECAST...DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD KEEP NORTH OF SAIPAN
AS TD 10W PASSES NEAR PAGAN. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
FRIDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HIGH SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL OCCUR ON SOUTH AND WEST EXPOSURES
DUE PRIMARILY TO THE MONSOON FLOW. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL COULD BE 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER TINIAN AND SAIPAN OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL SERVICE
AROUND 9OO PM CHST THIS EVENING...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$

M AYDLETT
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