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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
522 AM CHST SAT MAY 9 2026
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YAP-
522 AM CHST SAT MAY 9 2026
..HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CHST TODAY
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CHST
TODAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CHST
TODAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 12 TO 16 FT,
DECREASING TO 9 TO 13 FT BY THIS AFTERNOON. MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS AND SHORELINES OF YAP.
* WHEN...FOR THE HIGH SURF WARNING AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY,
UNTIL 9 AM CHST THIS MORNING. FOR THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND THE
COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT, FROM 9 AM CHST THIS MORNING THROUGH
5 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF LOTS, PARKS, AND ROADS WITH ONLY ISOLATED
ROAD CLOSURES EXPECTED. BREAKING WAVES CAN SWEEP PEOPLE OFF
JETTIES AND DOCKS, AND INTO DANGEROUS SEAS. LIFE-THREATENING
SWIMMING CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION CAN BE
EXPECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TROPICAL STORM HAGUPIT (05W) IS CURRENTLY
FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH OR JUST SOUTH OF YAP PROPER THIS MORNING.
BUILDING NORTHEAST TO EAST SWELL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUS SURF OF UP TO 16 FT ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS
THROUGH THIS MORNING, THEN IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW THE 15
FOOT THRESHOLD, BUT STILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION AND
SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED ALONG NORTHERN AND EASTERN
SHORELINES. AS HAGUPIT MOVES WEST OF YAP THIS AFTERNOON, A
BROAD AREA OF SOUTHERLY WINDS IN ITS WAKE MAY BOOST SURF ALONG
SOUTH FACING REEFS THROUGH TONIGHT OR SUNDAY, BUT SURF IS
NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER DUE TO LIFE-THREATENING
SURF CONDITIONS. STAY OFF OF JETTIES, PIERS, AND OTHER WATERSIDE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
BOWSHER
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