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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM HAGUPIT (05W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
921 AM CHST FRI MAY 8 2026
...TROPICAL STORM HAGUPIT CONTINUES TREKKING WEST-NORTHWEST JUST
NEAR SOROL IN YAP STATE...
NEW INFORMATION
NONE.
AREAS AFFECTED
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTION
FOR PEOPLE ON YAP, NGULU, ULITHI, AND FAIS IN YAP STATE.
WATCHES/WARNINGS
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NGULU, ULITHI, FAIS
IN YAP STATE, YAP PROPER AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS,
INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH, ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS.
STORM INFORMATION
AT 700 AM CHST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HAGUPIT WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 8.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 140.8 DEGREES EAST.
HAGUPIT IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO
MAINTAIN THIS GENERAL COURSE WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
THROUGH SATURDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 40 MPH. HAGUPIT IS FORECAST TO
INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY TONIGHT, THEN REMAIN A TROPICAL STORM THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. HAGUPIT IS STILL EXPECTED TO REACH PEAK INTENSITY ON
SATURDAY AND CONTINUES TO BE LESS LIKELY TO BECOME A STRONG TROPICAL
STORM AT THIS TIME.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER UP TO 105
MILES TO THE NORTHEAST, AND UP TO 90 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST, AS BASED
ON MOST RECENT TC ANALYSIS.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
HAGUPIT REMAINS A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM WEST OF WOLEAI THIS MORNING.
TS HAGUPIT CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST, AS IT APPROACHES ULITHI,
YAP PROPER AND NGULU. HAGUPIT LOOKS TO MAINTAIN THIS WEST-NORTHWEST
TREK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, REMAINING AT ITS CURRENT INTENSITY
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY INTENSIFYING THIS EVENING.
HAGUPIT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A TROPICAL STORM THROUGH MONDAY,
REACHING PEAK INTENSITY TONIGHT OR SATURDAY AS IT PASSES BETWEEN YAP
AND NGULU. HOWEVER, A RECENT BURST IN CONVECTION NEAR THE CENTER MAY
AID IN FURTHER INTENSIFICATION THE REST OF TODAY.
AS TS HAGUPIT CONTINUES ITS WEST-NORTHWEST TREK THROUGH WESTERN YAP
STATE, THE WIND FIELD LOOKS TO EXPAND SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD AND
SOUTHEASTWARD, WITH FAIS AND ULITHI STILL EXPECTED TO SEE TS WINDS
BEGINNING LATER THIS MORNING AT FAIS, AND THIS AFTERNOON FOR ULITHI.
AS SUCH, THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE
LOCATIONS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUE TO BE EXPECTED FOR
NGULU AND YAP LATE THIS AFTERNOON, SO TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING, PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION
IF NOT ALREADY COMPLETE. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE READY
TO EVACUATE OR MOVE TO ADEQUATE SHELTER IF YOUR LOCATION IS VULNERABLE
TO TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND
COMPLY WITH ANY ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED.
FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS, DOCKS, AND MARINAS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT
YOU PERFORM THE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT, SAFELY
SECURE YOUR CRAFT AND MAKE PLANS TO LEAVE IT FOR ADEQUATE LAND-BASED
SHELTER. REGARDING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH OR WARNING,
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR.
BE SURE TO ACTIVELY LISTEN FOR FORTHCOMING INFORMATION FROM YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.
WHEN MAKING DECISIONS, DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK. FOR
THOSE NEARBY, REVIEW YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE DISASTER PLAN AND BECOME
READY TO ACT IF A WATCH OR A WARNING IS LATER ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
NEXT UPDATE
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN, GUAM AT 3 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON, OR EARLIER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
..ULITHI AND FAIS
..A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
PREPARATIONS MUST HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY NOW, TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY FROM TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS, AS THE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE
TO DETERIORATE TODAY. SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER GUSTS AND INTENSE RAINS
WILL CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. LOOSE OUTDOOR
OBJECTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SECURED BY NOW; IF NOT, THEY CAN BE BLOWN
AROUND AND BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. IF YOU LIVE IN A METAL ROOF
OR CONTAINER HOME, LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE MOST THREATENING IMPACTS.
WIND INFORMATION
STRONG NORTHEASTERLIES ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING AS HAGUPIT APPROACHES
AND ENTERS THE AREA TODAY, INITIALLY FOR FAIS AND LATER FOR ULITHI.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
DURATION OF THE PASSAGE, WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE CURRENT
FORECAST HAS ULITHI AND FAIS EXITING TS WINDS BY LATE TONIGHT OR
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, WITH MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTH-SOUTHEAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED IN ITS WAKE.
COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION
HAZARDOUS SURF , MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH
EROSION EXPECTED. SURF CAN POTENTIALLY REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 15
FEET OR MORE, MAKING IT LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE VENTURING OUT.
OTHER STORM EFFECTS
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY AS HAGUPIT PASSES NEARBY, WITH
THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE CENTER, ALONG THE
NORTHEASTERN TO EASTERN FLANKS. RAINFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, AND MAY PRODUCE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. SEAS OF 10 TO 15 FEET ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP
QUICKLY AS HAGUPIT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA.
..YAP AND NGULU
..A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY FROM TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE
THIS EVENING. 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.
WIND INFORMATION
STRONG NORTHEASTERLIES ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING AS HAGUPIT APPROACHES
AND ENTERS THE AREA TODAY, INITIALLY FOR YAP, THEN NGULU SHORTLY
THEREAFTER. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK HAS TS HAGUPIT PASSING BETWEEN
YAP AND NGULU, WITH YAP EXPECTED TO SEE THE STRONGER WINDS,
ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE STARTING AROUND THIS EVENING AS HAGUPIT APPROACHES, TO
THEN INCREASING TO 50 MPH COMING FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST. THE
CURRENT FORECAST HAS TS WINDS DEPARTING YAP AND NGULU ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AS HAGUPIT MOVES FARTHER TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST, WITH
MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WITH OCCASIONALLY NEAR
GALE-FORCE GUSTS IN ITS WAKE.
COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION
HAZARDOUS SURF, MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH
EROSION EXPECTED. SURF CAN POTENTIALLY REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 15
FEET OR MORE, MAKING IT LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE VENTURING OUT.
OTHER STORM EFFECTS
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY AS HAGUPIT PASSES NEARBY, WITH
THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE CENTER, ALONG THE
NORTHEASTERN TO EASTERN FLANKS. RAINFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, AND MAY PRODUCE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. SEAS OF 10 TO 15 FEET ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP
QUICKLY AS HAGUPIT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA.
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