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WTPQ81 PGUM 220424
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON SAUDEL (17W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
224 PM CHST SAT AUG 22 2026
...TYPHOON SAUDEL TREKS NORTHWEST AND SOON TO MAKE LANDFALL AT
AGRIHAN...
...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND
PROPERTY AT AGRIHAN AND PAGAN SHORTLY...
NEW INFORMATION
A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
AREAS AFFECTED
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTION
FOR PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN, PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
NORTHERN MARIANAS.
WATCHES/WARNINGS
A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN AND AGRIHAN IN THE
COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
STORM INFORMATION
AT 100 PM CHST, 0300 UTC, THE CENTER OF TYPHOON SAUDEL WAS LOCATED
NEAR 18N146E JUST OFF THE COAST OF PAGAN. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH, WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NOW TO 100 MPH NEAR
THE CENTER. IT IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS TRAJECTORY UNTIL AFTER
IT MAKES LANDFALL OVER AGRIHAN, TO THEN SLIGHTLY ACCELERATE AWAY
THROUGH SUNDAY. SAUDEL IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER INTENSIFY THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, LIKELY TO BECOME A CATEGORY 3 TYPHOON BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND INTENSE RAINFALL ARE CONCENTRATED NEAR
THE CENTER OF SAUDEL, LIKELY PRODUCING THESE CONDITIONS OVER ALAMAGAN,
PAGAN AND AGRIHAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
RESIDENTS OF ALAMAGAN, PAGAN AND AGRIHAN SHOULD REMAIN IN A PROTECTIVE
SHELTER OR INSIDE A CAVE. DURING CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH AND
PASSAGE OF THE EYEWALL, WINDS MAY MOMENTARILY DROP SIGNIFICANTLY, TO
THEN RETURN BACK TO DESTRUCTIVE CONDITIONS AS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
EYEWALL MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS. WIND THREATS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THE
REST OF THE DAY, WITH A CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT LATE
TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING AS TYPHOON SAUDEL CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY
FROM THE MARIANAS TO THE NORTHWEST.
NEXT UPDATE
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN BY 9 PM CHST, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
..ALAMAGAN
..A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
RESIDENTS OF ALAMAGAN SHOULD REMAIN IN A PROTECTIVE SHELTER OR
INSIDE A CAVE. DURING CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THE
EYEWALL, WINDS MAY MOMENTARILY DROP, TO THEN RETURN BACK TO
DESTRUCTIVE CONDITIONS AS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EYEWALL MAKES ITS WAY
ACROSS. WIND THREATS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THE REST OF THE DAY,
WITH A CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY
MORNING AS TYPHOON SAUDEL CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS TO
THE NORTHWEST.
WIND INFORMATION
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH
POSSIBLE. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THEY TURN
SOUTH, FALLING BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS POSSIBLY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION
SOME INUNDATION WITH SIGNIFICANT COASTAL EROSION IS EXPECTED DURING
CLOSEST PASSAGE OF SAUDEL. EXPECT DANGEROUS SURF ALONG ALL REEFS FOR
MUCH OF TONIGHT, POTENTIALLY IMPROVING ALONG SOUTH AND EAST EXPOSURES
SUNDAY.
OTHER STORM EFFECTS
PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THE REST OF TONIGHT, TO THEN IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY BEGINNING SUNDAY AS
TYPHOON SAUDEL CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY.
..AGRIHAN AND PAGAN
..A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS IMMINENT OR ALREADY
OCCURRING OVER AGRIHAN AND PAGAN.
REMAIN IN SUITABLE SHELTER UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR HAS BEEN GIVEN AND
THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED.
WIND INFORMATION
NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 80 TO 100 MPH, MAY BRIEFLY DROP IN THE
NEXT FEW HOURS FOR AGRIHAN AS THE EYE PASSES OVER OR NEAR, WITH THE
WINDS SHIFTING QUICKLY TO THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WITH WINDS OF 80 TO
100 MPH AND GUSTS TO 130 MPH AS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EYEWALL MAKES
AN APPEARANCE. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THEY
TURN SOUTH, FALLING BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS POSSIBLY EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION
SOME INUNDATION WITH SIGNIFICANT COASTAL EROSION IS EXPECTED AS
SAUDEL IS PASSING OVER OR NEAR THE ISLANDS. LIFE-THREATENING SURF
ALONG ALL REEFS IS EXPECTED THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON, AND ARE NOT
LIKELY TO IMPROVE ALONG SOUTH AND EAST EXPOSURES UNTIL SUNDAY.
OTHER STORM EFFECTS
PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THE REST OF TONIGHT, TO THEN IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY BEGINNING SUNDAY AS
TYPHOON SAUDEL CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY.
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