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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
400 AM CHST MON MAR 26 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT PASSING SOUTH OF NGULU...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND YAP...
NGULU...ULITHI AND FAIS IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP
STATE, AND KAYANGEL AND KOROR IN PALAU.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ULITHI AND FAIS IN YAP
STATE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT
WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 7.0 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 138.6 DEGREES EAST.

ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTH OF YAP
ABOUT 210 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ULITHI
ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIS
ABOUT 275 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL
ABOUT 290 MILES EAST OF KOROR

TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT IS SLOWLY STRENGTHENING AND IS EXPECTED
TO PASS NORTH OF KOROR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...YAP AND NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE WHICH CAN WITHSTAND DAMAGING WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. AVOID INTER-ISLAND
TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND OF 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO EAST
BY NOON TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY DECREASE
TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 13 TO 16 FEET WILL PERSIST ALONG NORTH AND EAST
FACING REEFS TODAY. THEN SURF WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 10 TO 14
FEET BUT SPREAD TO SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS TONIGHT. STORM SURGE
WITH INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL
AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

...KOROR...BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PREPARATION FOR MARGINAL DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN MUST BE
COMPLETE BEFORE NOON. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. AVOID
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY NOON TODAY. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO WEST EARLY THIS EVENING THEN SOUTHWEST AND GRADUALLY
DECREASE LATE TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 10 TO 12 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL INCREASE
TO BETWEEN 12 AND 14 FEET AND SPREAD TO WEST FACING REEFS BY THIS
AFTERNOON. SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET AND
SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING REEFS LATE THIS EVENING. STORM SURGE WITH
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WHERE THE REEFS ARE NARROW.
THIS PRIMARILY INCLUDES ANGAUR...PELELIU...BABELDAOB...AND KAYANGEL.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

...ULITHI AND FAIS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY IN STURDY STRUCTURES WHICH CAN WITHSTAND STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST TODAY.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY DECREASE
TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 13 TO 15 FEET WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 10
AND 13 FEET BUT SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING REEFS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL
AREAS OF ULITHI AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH
TUESDAY.

$$

CHAN
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