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WTPQ81 PGUM 221658
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
258 AM CHST SUN AUG 23 2026
...TYPHOON SAUDEL CONTINUES MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AWAY FROM
AGRIHAN...
NEW INFORMATION
NONE.
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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN, PAGAN AND AGRIHAN
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
STORM INFORMATION
AS OF 100 AM CHST, 1500 UTC, THE CENTER OF TYPHOON SAUDEL (17W) WAS
LOCATED NEAR 20N144.2E NORTHWEST OF AGRIHAN. THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO
MOVE NORTHWEST, NOW SLOWING ITS FORWARD SPEED TO 10 MPH. THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED, NOW TO 120 MPH NEAR THE CENTER. SAUDEL
WILL CONTINUE ON THIS TRAJECTORY TO THEN SLOWLY SHIFT TO THE
WEST-NORTHWEST, ACCELERATING ONCE AGAIN THROUGH SUNDAY AND FURTHER
FURTHER INTENSIFY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND INTENSE RAINFALL ARE CONCENTRATED NEAR
THE CENTER OF SAUDEL. THESE ARE NOW MOVING AWAY FROM AGRIHAN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
RESIDENTS OF ALAMAGAN, PAGAN AND AGRIHAN SHOULD REMAIN IN A PROTECTIVE
SHELTER OR INSIDE A CAVE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE
THIS 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 AM CHST, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
..ALAMAGAN, 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
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 55 MPH EXPECTED
THE NEXT FEW HOURS, THEN SUBSIDING BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS BY SUNRISE.
COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION
SOME INUNDATION WITH SIGNIFICANT COASTAL EROSION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE AS SWELLS GENERATED BY SAUDEL CONTINUE TO PUMMEL ALL REEFS.
LIFE-THREATENING SURF IS NOT LIKELY TO IMPROVE ALONG SOUTH AND EAST
EXPOSURES UNTIL SUNDAY. AFTERWARD, HAZARDOUS SURF WILL CONTINUE ALONG
WEST-FACING REEFS.
OTHER STORM EFFECTS
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW
HOURS, IMPROVING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AS
TYPHOON SAUDEL CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY.
STANKO
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