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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON SAUDEL (17W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1044 AM CHST SAT AUG 22 2026
..TYPHOON SAUDEL INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN
NEW INFORMATION
DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN ALAMAGAN, PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN.
AREAS AFFECTED
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN MARIANAS.
WATCHES/WARNINGS
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN AND AGRIHAN. TYPHOON
CONDITIONS, INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE, ARE IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TYPHOON WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
ALAMAGAN. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TYPHOON
WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS, INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS
OF 39 TO 73 MPH, ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING, AND TYPHOON CONDITIONS,
INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE, ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
UNLIKELY EVENT THAT TYPHOON SAUDEL MOVES FAR ENOUGH WEST OF ITS
FORECAST TRACK.
STORM INFORMATION
AT 8 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON SAUDEL (17W) WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.5N...LONGITUDE 146.9E. THIS WAS ABOUT 70 MILES EAST OF
ALAMAGAN. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST, 325 DEGREES, AT 15 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 90 MPH.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
TINIAN AND SAIPAN SHOULD SOON RECEIVE THE ALL CLEAR IF THEY HAVEN'T
ALREADY. TYPHOON SAUDEL IS NEARLY ATOP ALAMAGAN, PAGAN, AND AGRIHAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
RESIDENTS OF ALAMAGAN, PAGAN AND AGRIHAN SHOULD REMAIN IN A PROTECTIVE
SHELTER OR INSIDE A CAVE. ESPECIALLY ON AGRIHAN, WINDS MAY DIE DOWN AS
THE EYE PASSES, BUT ABOUT 20 OR 30 MINUTES LATER COME ROARING BACK
FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN BE SURE THE WINDS ARE
SUBSIDING FOR REAL, PROBABLY LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING.
NEXT UPDATE
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN BY 3 PM CHST, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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TINIAN-SAIPAN-
1044 AM CHST SAT AUG 22 2026
..TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELED
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS FROM TYPHOON SAUDEL IS NOW ZERO. TYPHOON
SAUDEL NEVER MADE A SUFFICIENTLY LARGE WOBBLE TO THE WEST.
WIND INFORMATION
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY. THESE WILL THEN DIMINISH SLIGHTLY AS WE FALL INTO AN ONGOING
MONSOON PATTERN.
COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION
SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS 7 TO 10 FEET ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS.
THIS WILL LATER SHIFT TO NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS AFTER SAUDEL
CROSSES THE ISLAND CHAIN. COASTAL INUNDATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER STORM EFFECTS
TINIAN AND SAIPAN COULD RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE OUTER
BANDS OF TYPHOON SAUDEL AS IT PASSES BY THROUGH SUNDAY. THEY MAY SEE
MORE RAIN FROM THE MONSOON SURGE FLOWING INTO SAUDEL THAT WILL DEVELOP
NEXT WEEK.
..AGRIHAN AND PAGAN
..A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
REMAIN IN SUITABLE SHELTER UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR HAS BEEN GIVEN AND THE
WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED.
WIND INFORMATION
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH WILL TURN TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST, RAPIDLY INCREASING TO 80 TO 100 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
130 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THEY
TURN SOUTHWEST, FALLING BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 14 FEET ALONG EAST-FACING REEFS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. DEPENDING ON HOW CLOSE THE CENTER OF SAUDEL
COMES, IT COULD BUILD INTO THE 15 TO 20 FOOT RANGE ALONG THE EAST
REEFS AT THAT TIME, AND THIS WOULD TRANSFER TO NORTH AND WEST FACING
REEFS AS SAUDEL CROSSES THROUGH THE ISLAND CHAIN. INUNDATION HEIGHTS
OF 1 TO 3 FEET COULD CREATE SOME SIGNIFICANT COASTAL EROSION, WITH
THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OCCURRING DURING SAUDEL'S CLOSEST APPROACH THIS
AFTERNOON.
OTHER STORM EFFECTS
AS TYPHOON SAUDEL CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY, WIDESPREAD LOCALLY HEAVY
SHOWERS COULD DUMP AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA BY SUNDAY. DURING PEAK INTENSITY, UPWARDS OF 14 INCHES OF
RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE NEAR THE CENTER OF SAUDEL.
..ALAMAGAN
..A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..THE TYPHOON WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
REMAIN IN SUITABLE SHELTER UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR HAS BEEN GIVEN AND THE
WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED.
WIND INFORMATION
WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL TURN TOWARD THE
SOUTHWEST, HOWEVER TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE MINIMALLY POSSIBLE IF
SAUDEL WOBBLES WEST. AT THIS TIME, THE WORST CONDITIONS LOOK TO OCCUR
FROM NOW THROUGH SUNSET.
COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 14 FEET ALONG NORTH-FACING REEFS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, TRANSFERRING TO WEST THIS AFTERNOON AS SAUDEL
CROSSES THE ISLAND CHAIN. INUNDATION OF AROUND 1 FOOT WITH SOME
COASTAL EROSION IS EXPECTED DURING CLOSEST PASSAGE OF SAUDEL.
OTHER STORM EFFECTS
AS TYPHOON SAUDEL CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY, WIDESPREAD LOCALLY HEAVY
SHOWERS COULD DUMP 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY
TONIGHT.
STANKO
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