WTPQ81 PGUM 282329 HLSPQ1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11W LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 929 AM CHST TUE JUL 29 2014 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11W APPROACHING THE MARIANAS... .NEW INFORMATION... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED FOR GUAM...ROTA... TINIAN AND SAIPAN. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF THE MARIANAS AND SURROUNDING WATERS OUT TO 40 NM. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SPECIFIED AREAS. ALL PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REVIEW THEIR PREPAREDNESS PLAN AND BE READY TO IMPLEMENT IT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENTS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE MARIANAS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 8 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11W WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.7N...LONGITUDE 148.3E...OR ABOUT 270 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM. THIS WAS ABOUT 270 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HAGATNA GUAM GU...OR ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARAPAN SAIPAN MP. STORM MOTION WAS WEST-SOUTHWEST. STORM INTENSITY WAS 35 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11W IS MOVING TOWARD WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11W IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS FORECAST TRACK WILL TAKE THIS SYSTEM THROUGH THE MARIANAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REVIEW YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE DISASTER PLAN AND BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA. GUZ001>004-PMZ151>154-290730- /X.NEW.PGUM.TR.A.0001.140728T2329Z-000000T0000Z/ GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-GUAM COASTAL WATERS-ROTA COASTAL WATERS- TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS- 929 AM CHST TUE JUL 29 2014 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT... NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY GUST HIGHER AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THE MARIANAS LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE TRACK OF THE STORM WILL DETERMINE WHICH ISLANDS GET TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. ...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION... SURF MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AS THE STORM PASSES ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BRIEF COASTAL INUNDATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDE. ...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY AS 11W PASSES ON SATURDAY...WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM. LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AROUND 300 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ MCELROY For more information, go to middletnweather.info
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:31:01 +0000
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