[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST MON OCT 21 2019

...TYPHOON BUALOI INTENSIFYING AS IT APPROACHES THE MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ROTA, TINIAN, SAIPAN, ALAMAGAN, PAGAN AND AGRIHAN IN
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN. DAMAGING
WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. IF BUALOI
DEVIATES FROM THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK, TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF
74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA. IF BUALOI DEVIATES FROM
THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK, DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF AGRIHAN,
PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. DAMAGING WINDS OF
39 MPH OR HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE EYE OF TYPHOON BUALOI WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 147.8 DEGREES
EAST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. THIS IS 145 MILES ESE OF SAIPAN.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 100 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON BUALOI CONTINUES TO TRACK STEADILY NORTHWESTWARD, AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING
DAMAGING WINDS TO TINIAN AND SAIPAN, BUT THE THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS HAS DIMINISHED FOR ROTA AS LONG AS BUALOI STAYS ON THE
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