[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...UPDATED
TYPHOON JELAWAT (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
405 PM CHST SAT MAR 31 2018

UPDATED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON PAGAN

...JELAWAT WEAKENING WEST OF THE NORTHERN CNMI...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS HAS PUT
AGRIHAN INTO CONDITION OF READINESS (COR) 3.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN AND PAGAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN
MARIANAS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN IN THE NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON JELAWAT WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 141.3 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS

ABOUT 290 MILES WEST OF AGRIHAN
ABOUT 295 MILES WEST OF PAGAN
ABOUT 310 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
ABOUT 380 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN

TYPHOON JELAWAT IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 120 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON JELAWAT MIGHT WEAKEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM ON SUNDAY BUT WILL
PASS AROUND 110 MILES NORTH OF AGRIHAN FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 900 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...AGRIHAN AND PAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND HEAVY SHOWERS. PEOPLE ON PAGAN SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION AS ANY SOUTHWARD DEVIATION ON THE TRACK COULD
PUT PAGAN INTO A WATCH OR WARNING LATER. SMALL BOATS ON BOTH ISLANDS
SHOULD BE SECURED. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOATS THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ON BOTH ISLANDS TODAY WILL GRADUALLY
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY
SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS ON AGRIHAN COULD INCREASE FURTHER TO BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS BY SUNDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 9 TO 11 FEET ALONG THE NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES ON BOTH
ISLANDS WILL SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING SHORES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SURF
WILL BUILD FURTHER AND REACH 11 TO 13 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN
13 TO 15 FEET ON MONDAY. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY ALONG
WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ON BOTH
ISLANDS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

CHAN
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