[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
742 PM CHST TUE AUG 23 2016

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W FORMS SOUTH OF TINIAN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND
ALAMAGAN ISLANDS.

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

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 145.6 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS
ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN
ABOUT 215 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMAGAN
ABOUT  35 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN
ABOUT  30 MILES SOUTH OF TINIAN
ABOUT  44 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROTA
ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W HAS FORMED SOUTH OF TINIAN AND IS QUICKLY
MOVING TO THE NORTH. TD 14W IS EXPECTED TO PASS WEST OF TINIAN
AND SAIPAN TONIGHT AND NEAR PAGAN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE
TURNING TO THE NORTHEAST THURSDAY.

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

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR ALAMAGAN AROUND
SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS LATE TONIGHT.

....WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF AROUND 15 MPH THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE TO
AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THEN ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND SUNRISE AND
THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOMING AROUND 15
TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF AROUND 12 FEET WILL INITIALLY OCCUR ON SOUTH
EXPOSURES BUT WILL THEN SPREAD TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST EXPOSURES
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WIND
WAVES PRODUCED BY SOUTHWEST WINDS COULD AFFECT WEST SIDE
ANCHORAGES AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 300 AM CHST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$

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