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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 PM CHST TUE SEP 10 2024
..14W MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST TOWARD GUAM
NEW INFORMATION
NONE.
AREAS AFFECTED
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN GUAM AND THE NORTHERN MARIANAS.
WATCHES/WARNINGS
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR GUAM, ROTA, TINIAN, AND
SAIPAN.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF GUAM AND THE NORTHERN
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 7 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 12.0N...LONGITUDE 145.4E. THIS WAS ABOUT 110 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM. STORM MOTION WAS NW, 305 DEGREES, AT
13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 35 MPH.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
TD 14W WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT, LIKELY BECOMING A TROPICAL
STORM AS IT PASSES NEAR GUAM. SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STEADILY
INCREASE OVER THE ISLANDS LATER THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE FOR LOW-END TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS,
ACCORDING TO YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PLAN SPECIFIC TO YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACTIVELY LISTEN FOR FORTHCOMING INFORMATION FROM
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY.
NEXT UPDATE
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 AM WEDNESDAY...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
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GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-
900 PM CHST TUE SEP 10 2024
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM
LOW-END TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE LATE
TONIGHT. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE
ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH
CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A METAL ROOF OR CONTAINER HOME,
LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
..WINDS
EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT BEFORE TURNING SOUTHEAST AROUND
SUNRISE THEN SOUTH SOON AFTER AND DECREASING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL
BE FELT NEARER THE CENTER OF 14W, WHICH IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO
PASS NEAREST TO GUAM AND ROTA WEDNESDAY MORNING.
..COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION
SURF WILL QUICKLY BUILD TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS THIS EVENING ALONG EAST
FACING REEFS, THEN INCREASE ALONG SOUTH FACING REEFS EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SURF COULD REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 17 BEFORE FINALLY
SUBSIDING BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY. MASSIVE SURF WILL LEAD TO
INCREASED SHORELINE EROSION AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 2 FEET
OF COASTAL INUNDATION.
..INLAND FLOODING
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. HEAVY RAIN WILL
MOVE BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE MARIANAS TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO LATE
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER, EVEN AFTER 14W HAS MOVED OUT OF THE MARIANAS AND
INTO THE PHILIPPINE SEA, A BAND OF HEAVY MONSOON RAINFALL WILL REMAIN
NEARBY. SEVEN TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY
TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.
W. AYDLETT/SCHANK
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