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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 25W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST SAT OCT 15 2016

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 25W FORMS IN YAP STATE...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FARAULEP AND WOLEAI.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FAIS...ULITHI...AND
YAP.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE IN FARAULEP...WOLEAI...YAP...FAIS AND ULITHI .

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 25W WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 8.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
144.1 DEGREES EAST AND MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS IS ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARAULEP...ABOUT 50 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WOLEAI...ABOUT 270 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
FAIS...ABOUT 330 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI...AND ABOUT 420
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF YAP.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH AND MAY
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.

...FARAULEP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN PORT.

....WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
ONE FOOT OF INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT 10 TO
13 FEET ALONG SOUTH AND EAST FACING REEFS. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE
LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS FARAULEP.

&&

...WOLEAI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN PORT.

....WIND INFORMATION...
WOLEAI SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
ONE FOOT OF INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT 9 TO
13 FEET ALONG SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE
LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS WOLEAI.

&&


...FAIS AND ULITHI...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN
PORT.

....WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL INCREASE DURING THE
NIGHT TURNING WEST AND COULD BE TO 50 TO 60 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING.
WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BY SUNDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
ONE TO TWO FEET OF INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS
AT 13 TO 16 FEET ALONG SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS. RIP CURRENTS
WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS FAIS AND
ULITHI.

&&

...YAP...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FEW HOURS OF DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING.
DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL.

....WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH TODAY AND SUNDAY MORNING COULD INCREASE
DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON TURNING WEST AND COULD BE TO 40 TO 45 MPH
BY SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BY MONDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
ONE FOOT OF INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT 9 TO
12 FEET ALONG SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS SUNDAY. DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS SUNDAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS YAP.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION 25W WILL BE AT 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

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