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

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

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR KOROR IS CANCELLED.

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR ULITHI AND FAIS IS CANCELLED.

.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 IN PALAU.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
JELAWAT WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 7.1 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 138.2 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS

ABOUT  95 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTH OF YAP
ABOUT 215 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ULITHI
ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIS
ABOUT 250 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL
ABOUT 260 MILES EAST OF KOROR

TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT HAS SEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY TODAY AS IT PASSES
JUST NORTH OF KAYANGEL THIS EVENING.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON
TROPICAL DEPRESSION JELAWAT WILL BE AT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

...YAP...

.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 TUESDAY MORNING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WIND OF 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST
AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

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

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST 18 HOURS.
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

...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 TUESDAY MORNING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WIND OF 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTH AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. STRONGEST
WINDS WILL BE DURING HEAVY SHOWERS.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 12 TO 15 FEET WILL PERSIST ALONG NORTH AND EAST
FACING REEFS THIS MORNING. SURF WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO BETWEEN
10 AND 14 FEET BUT SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING REEFS THIS AFTERNOON. STORM
SURGE WITH INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD
COASTAL AREAS AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AT
LEAST THROUGH TODAY. SERVICES COULD BE DISRUPTED FOR A FEW DAYS ON
AFFECTED ISLANDS...ESPECIALLY THOSE FARTHER NORTH. HEED DIRECTIONS
GIVEN BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND
WEST LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 10 TO 13 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL SPREAD TO
WEST FACING REEFS THIS AFTERNOON. SURF WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO
BETWEEN 7 AND 9 FEET AND SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING REEFS TONIGHT. STORM
SURGE WITH MINOR INUNDATION OF AROUND 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE WHERE THE
REEFS ARE NARROW AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THIS PRIMARILY INCLUDES
ANGAUR...PELELIU...BABELDAOB...AND KAYANGEL.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE STAYED TO THE NORTH OF KAYANGEL. RAINFALL OF UP TO
AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

...ULITHI AND FAIS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL AT
LEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SERVICES COULD BE DISRUPTED FOR A FEW
DAYS ON AFFECTED ISLANDS. HEED DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST TODAY.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ON TUESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 11 TO 14 FEET ALONG EAST AND SOUTH FACING REEFS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING TUESDAY.
MINOR INUNDATION OF AROUND 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL
AREAS OF ULITHI AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH
TUESDAY.

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W. AYDLETT
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