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Typhoon Warning 4, NWS Guam

August 1, 2015

NWS Guam issued this typhoon warning at Aug 1, 2015, 12:29 AM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2015, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2015, 10:12 PM CDT
In force
46 hr
Issued by
NWS Guam

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

282 
WTPQ81 PGUM 010529
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
329 PM CHST SAT AUG 1 2015

...TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR STILL MOVING WEST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TYPHOON WARNING AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAVE NOW BEEN
ISSUED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER OF GUAM AND THE NORTHERN MARIANAS AND
SURROUNDING WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
TINIAN...SAIPAN AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...ROTA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

A TYPHOON WARNING MEANS THAT TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ALL PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREAS SHOULD ALREADY HAVE PREPARATIONS
UNDERWAY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8N...LONGITUDE 152.6E...OR ABOUT
575 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN. THIS WAS ABOUT 540 MILES EAST OF
GUAM. STORM MOTION WAS WEST. STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR IS STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE ON A WEST-
NORTHWEST TRACK THAT WOULD TAKE IT THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS BETWEEN SAIPAN AND ANATAHAN AS A TYPHOON LATE SUNDAY OR
EARLY MONDAY. IT IS VITAL THAT YOU DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT
FORECAST TRACK. TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN BAD DECISIONS AND PLACE
YOU OR THOSE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AT GREATER RISK. IT IS TOO
EARLY TO PROVIDE EXACT WIND AND SURGE FORECAST VALUES FOR SPECIFIC
LOCATIONS.

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN...AND ALAMAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS...WHICH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MAKE
SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING AS SOUDELOR PASSES. DAMAGING WINDS COULD
LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING 20 FEET
OR MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN
HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 20 FEET OR HIGHER IS
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS
SOUDELOR PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS
REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR
POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA.

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-011400-
/O.UPG.PGUM.TY.A.0005.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.PGUM.TY.W.0004.150801T0529Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
329 PM CHST SAT AUG 1 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO PUT YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN INTO
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS...WHICH ARE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT. MAKE SURE YOU WILL HAVE
ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUDELOR WILL BRING DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS...WINDS
OF 74 MPH OR MORE...ARE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES 35 MILES NORTH OF SAIPAN. WINDS WILL
DECREASE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING 16 FEET
OR MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS COULD REACH BETWEEN 25
AND 35 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR
PASSES CLOSE TO SAIPAN. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 25 TO 35 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH
COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. HIGH TIDE
WILL OCCUR AROUND 10 PM SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD INCREASE THE
INUDATION RISK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-011400-
/O.NEW.PGUM.TR.A.0002.150801T0529Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
329 PM CHST SAT AUG 1 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO PUT YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN INTO
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS. MAKE SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL
DAYS. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUDELOR MAY BRING DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES
NORTH OF SAIPAN. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD LATE TONIGHT NIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING
10 TO 12 FEET OR MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS COULD
REACH BETWEEN 14 TO 20 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING
AS SOUDELOR PASSES CLOSE TO SAIPAN. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN
HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET IS
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS
SOUDELOR PASSES. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 10 PM SUNDAY NIGHT
WHICH COULD INCREASE THE INUDATION RISK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

$$

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 9 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
9 follow-up statements
260 
WTPQ81 PGUM 011113
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
913 PM CHST SAT AUG 1 2015

...TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR STRENGTHENING SLIGHTLY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ROTA...TINIAN..SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN AND
THEIR COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA AND ITS COASTAL
WATERS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.2N...LONGITUDE 151.6E. THIS IS ABOUT 505 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...470 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN ISLAND...450
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN...395 MILES EAST OF SAIPAN...405
MILES EAST OF TINIAN...AND 430 MILES EAST OF ROTA. SOUDELOR IS
MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON A WEST-NORTHWEST
TRACK THAT WOULD TAKE IT THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
30 TO 40 MILES NORTH OF SAIPAN AS A TYPHOON SUNDAY EVENING.
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
EVENING ON TINIAN AND SAIPAN.

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN...AND ALAMAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS...WHICH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
MAKE SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE STILL
POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING IF SOUDELOR DEVIATES NORTH OF ITS CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING 20 FEET
OR MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN
HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 20 FEET OR HIGHER IS
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS
SOUDELOR PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

&&

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-011915-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
913 PM CHST SAT AUG 1 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO PUT YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN INTO
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS...WHICH ARE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT. SECURE LIGHT OUTSIDE
STRUCTURES SUCH AS CANOPIES AND BRING OUTDOOR FURNITURE INSIDE.
MAKE SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL
DAYS...AS WELL AS FUEL FOR VEHICLES AND GENERATORS. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUDELOR WILL BRING DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AND TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY EVENING AS
SOUDELOR PASSES ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF SAIPAN. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS SHOULD END BEFORE SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING 16 FEET
OR MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS COULD REACH BETWEEN 25
AND 35 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR
PASSES CLOSE TO SAIPAN. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 25 TO 35 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH
COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. HIGH TIDE
WILL OCCUR AROUND 10 PM SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD INCREASE THE
INUDATION RISK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-011915-
/O.CON.PGUM.TR.A.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
913 PM CHST SAT AUG 1 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO PUT YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN INTO
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND DAMAGING TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS. MAKE SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER
FOR SEVERAL DAYS...AS WELL AS FUEL FOR VEHICLES AND GENERATORS.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS

&&

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUDELOR MAY BRING DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES
NORTH OF SAIPAN. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD LATE TONIGHT NIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING
10 TO 12 FEET OR MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS COULD
REACH BETWEEN 14 TO 20 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING
AS SOUDELOR PASSES CLOSE TO SAIPAN. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN
HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET IS
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS
SOUDELOR PASSES. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 10 PM SUNDAY NIGHT
WHICH COULD INCREASE THE INUDATION RISK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AROUND 3 AM SUNDAY...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

$$
766 
WTPQ81 PGUM 011618
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
218 AM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR BECOMING MORE ORGANIZED...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ROTA...TINIAN..SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
TINIAN...SAIPAN AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2N...LONGITUDE 150.1E. THIS IS ABOUT 430
MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN...390 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN
ISLAND...370 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN...300 MILES EAST OF
SAIPAN...305 MILES EAST OF TINIAN...AND 330 MILES EAST OF ROTA.
SOUDELOR IS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON A WEST-NORTHWEST
TRACK THAT WOULD TAKE IT THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 30
TO 40 MILES NORTH OF SAIPAN AS A TYPHOON THIS EVENING. TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON TINIAN
AND SAIPAN.

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN...AND ALAMAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS...WHICH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MAKE
SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY
THIS AFTERNOON. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IF SOUDELOR DEVIATES NORTH OF ITS CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD TODAY...REACHING 20 FEET OR MORE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 20 FEET OR HIGHER IS POSSIBLE...ALONG
WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

&&

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-020000-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
218 AM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO PUT YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN INTO
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON FORCE
WINDS...WHICH ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. SECURE LIGHT OUTSIDE STRUCTURES
SUCH AS CANOPIES AND BRING OUTDOOR FURNITURE INSIDE. MAKE SURE YOU
WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS...AS WELL AS FUEL
FOR VEHICLES AND GENERATORS. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUDELOR WILL BRING DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING AS
SOUDELOR PASSES ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF SAIPAN. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS SHOULD END BEFORE SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD LATE TODAY...REACHING 16 FEET OR MORE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS COULD REACH BETWEEN 25 AND 35 FEET
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES CLOSE TO
SAIPAN. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY.
DANGEROUS SURF OF 25 TO 35 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL
INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. A HIGH TIDE WILL
OCCUR AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT WHICH COULD INCREASE THE INUNDATION
RISK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-020000-
/O.CON.PGUM.TR.A.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
218 AM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO PUT YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN INTO
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND DAMAGING TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS. MAKE SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER
FOR SEVERAL DAYS...AS WELL AS FUEL FOR VEHICLES AND GENERATORS.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS

&&

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUDELOR MAY BRING DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES NORTH
OF SAIPAN. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD TODAY...REACHING 10 TO 12 FEET OR MORE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS COULD REACH BETWEEN 14 TO 20 FEET
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES CLOSE TO
SAIPAN. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY.
DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL
INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR
AROUND 10 PM SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD INCREASE THE INUNDATION RISK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 9 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$

MCELROY
426 
WTPQ81 PGUM 012322
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
922 AM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR MOVING TOWARDS THE MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ROTA AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ROTA...TINIAN..SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
TINIAN...SAIPAN AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4N...LONGITUDE 149.1E...OR ABOUT
230 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN. THIS WAS ABOUT 320 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM. STORM MOTION WAS WEST. STORM INTENSITY
WAS 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON A WEST-NORTHWEST
TRACK THAT WOULD TAKE IT THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS VERY
CLOSE TO SAIPAN AS A TYPHOON THIS EVENING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE
LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON TINIAN AND SAIPAN.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN...AND ALAMAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS...WHICH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MAKE
SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY
THIS AFTERNOON. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IF SOUDELOR DEVIATES NORTH OF ITS CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD TODAY...REACHING 20 FEET OR MORE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 20 FEET OR HIGHER IS POSSIBLE...ALONG
WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

&&

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-020900-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
922 AM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS...WHICH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SECURE LIGHT
OUTSIDE STRUCTURES SUCH AS CANOPIES AND BRING OUTDOOR FURNITURE
INSIDE. IF STAYING IN A HOME...TURN THE REFRIGERATOR TO MAXIMUM
COLD AND KEEP IT CLOSED. TURN OFF PROPANE TANKS AND UNPLUG SMALL
APPLIANCES. FILL THE BATHTUB WITH WATER IN CASE THE TAP WATER
BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AFTER THE STORM. MAKE SURE YOU WILL HAVE
ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO
COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME
IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS LATE THIS EVENING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS
ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO BE IN THE 60 TO 80 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 105 MPH.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD END BEFORE SUNRISE MONDAY
MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD LATE TODAY...REACHING 16 FEET OR MORE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS COULD REACH BETWEEN 20 AND 30 FEET
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES CLOSE TO
SAIPAN. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY.
DANGEROUS SURF OF 20 TO 30 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL
INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. A HIGH TIDE WILL
OCCUR AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT WHICH COULD INCREASE THE INUNDATION
RISK.

...INLAND FLOODING...

RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-020900-
/O.UPG.PGUM.TR.A.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.PGUM.TR.W.0007.150801T2322Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
922 AM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

BE PREPARED TO PUT YOUR TYPHOON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN INTO
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND DAMAGING TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS. MAKE SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER
FOR SEVERAL DAYS...AS WELL AS FUEL FOR VEHICLES AND GENERATORS.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS

&&

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUDELOR MAY BRING DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE THIS EVENING THROUGH AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR
PASSES NORTH OF SAIPAN. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD TODAY...REACHING 12 TO 15 FEET OR MORE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS COULD REACH BETWEEN 14 TO 20 FEET
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES CLOSE TO
SAIPAN. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS
SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION
OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 10
PM SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD INCREASE THE INUNDATION RISK.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

$$

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
305 
WTPQ81 PGUM 020516
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
316 PM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR APPROACHES THE MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ROTA...TINIAN..SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING CONTINUES FOR TINIAN...AND SAIPAN AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ROTA AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM CHST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 147.2
DEGREES EAST OR ABOUT 100 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN...110
MILES EAST OF TINIAN...140 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA AND 190
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM.

TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR WAS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 70 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON A WEST-NORTHWEST
TRACK THAT WOULD TAKE IT THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS VERY
CLOSE TO SAIPAN AND TINIAN AS A TYPHOON THIS EVENING. TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON TINIAN
AND SAIPAN.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN...AND ALAMAGAN...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER STURDY ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS...WHICH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MAKE
SURE YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY
THIS AFTERNOON. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IF SOUDELOR DEVIATES NORTH OF ITS CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF... 
SEAS WILL LIKELY BUILD TODAY...REACHING 20 FEET OR MORE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 20 FEET OR HIGHER IS POSSIBLE...ALONG
WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 9 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-021330-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
316 PM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. 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 MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR
HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR (13W) APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE IMMANENT AND SHOULD OCCUR SOON IF NOT
ALREADY OCCURRING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN LATE THIS
EVENING. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 60 TO 80 MPH RANGE
WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD END
MONDAY MORNING.

SEAS WILL BUILD REACHING 16 TO 20 FEET OR MORE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SEAS COULD REACH BETWEEN 20 AND 30 FEET TONIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES CLOSE TO TINIAN AND SAIPAN.
SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 20 TO 30 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL
INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. A HIGH TIDE WILL
OCCUR AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT WHICH COULD INCREASE THE INUNDATION
RISK.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-021330-
/O.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
316 PM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. 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 MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
SOUDELOR MAY BRING DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH
OR MORE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS SOUDELOR
PASSES NEAR SAIPAN. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

SEAS WILL BUILD...REACHING 14 TO 20 FEET TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING AS SOUDELOR PASSES CLOSE TO SAIPAN. SEAS WILL LIKELY
REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET
IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS
SOUDELOR PASSES. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT WHICH
COULD INCREASE THE INUNDATION RISK.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 TO 20 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL
INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR
AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT WHICH COULD INCREASE THE INUNDATION RISK.

...INLAND FLOODING...

RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

$$

ZIOBRO
590 
WTPQ81 PGUM 021058
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
858 PM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TYPHOON SOUDELOR APPROACHING TINIAN AND SAIPAN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE 

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ROTA...TINIAN..SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING CONTINUES FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN AND THEIR
COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ROTA AND ITS COASTAL
WATERS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 754 PM CHST...THE EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR WAS LOCATED BY RADAR
NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.3 DEGREES EAST.
THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 40 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN...45
MILES EAST OF TINIAN...90 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROTA...270 MILES
SOUTH OF AGRIHAN...225 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN...AND 195 MILES SOUTH
OF ALAMAGAN.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
RADAR SHOWS THAT THE EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR IS MOVING WEST-
NORTHWEST TOWARD TINAIN AND SAIPAN AND WILL LIKELY CROSS OVER THE
TWO ISLANDS AROUND 1100 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL RISE TO
TYPHOON FORCE BETWEEN ABOUT 1000 PM AND MIDNIGHT.  

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN...AND ALAMAGAN...

AS SOUDELOR IS CURRENTLY TRACKING...DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT LIKELY
FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN OR ALAMAGAN. EVEN SO...MAINTAIN READINESS
OVERNIGHT IN CASE THE TYPHOON MAKES A SUDDEN NORTHWARD TURN.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT LIKELY...BUT IF SOUDELOR TAKES A SUDDEN
NORTHWARD TURN BRIEF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COULD OCCUR 
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ON ALAMAGAN.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF... 
SEAS WILL BUILD TONIGHT...REACHING 15 TO 20 FEET OVERNIGHT. SEAS
WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 20
FEET OR HIGHER IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF UP
TO 2 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 

&&

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-021900-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
858 PM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR TYPHOON FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE COMPLETE. THE
EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR IS EXPECTED TO CROSS OVER TINIAN AND
SAIPAN AROUND 1100 PM...WITH TYPHOON FORCE WINDS LIKELY BETWEEN
1000 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE ONSET OF TYPHOON FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY
BE SUDDEN AS THE EYE APPROACHES. REMAIN IN SHELTER OVERNIGHT AND
INTO MONDAY MORNING UNTIL DAMAGING WINDS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 

&&

...WIND INFORMATION... 
WINDS WILL RISE QUICKLY AROUND 1000 PM AS THE EYE OF SOUDELOR
APPROACHES AND WILL REACH 75 TO 85 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH
POSSIBLE. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT WINDS AS THE CALM
CENTER OF THE EYE PASSES AROUND 1100 PM...BUT THEN WINDS WILL
SUDDENLY RETURN TO TYPHOON FORCE FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE EYE. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT BUT
WILL REMAIN DAMAGING UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS... 
SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES.
SEAS WILL DIMINISH ON MONDAY...BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
MONDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAIN OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MAY CAUSE LOCAL
FLOODING.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-021900-
/O.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
858 PM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETE. THE ONSET OF
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME
DANGEROUS. REMAIN IN SHELTER OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING
UNTIL ANY DAMAGING WINDS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION... 
EXPECT NORTHWEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE ON MONDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS...
SEAS WILL BUILD...REACHING 14 TO 16 FEET TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS
SURF OF 15 TO 18 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION
OF 1 TO 2 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. 

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAIN OF 5 TO 7 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MAY CAUSE LOCAL
FLOODING.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 AM MONDAY...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

$$

MIDDLEBROOKE
804 
WTPQ81 PGUM 021257 AAA
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1057 PM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

UPDATED WIND INFORMATION FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN

...TYPHOON SOUDELOR STRENGTHENS AS IT AFFECTS TINIAN AND SAIPAN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE 

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ROTA...TINIAN..SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING CONTINUES FOR TINIAN AND SAIPAN AND THEIR
COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ROTA AND ITS COASTAL
WATERS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 754 PM CHST...THE EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR WAS LOCATED BY RADAR
NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.3 DEGREES EAST.
THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 40 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN...45
MILES EAST OF TINIAN...90 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROTA...270 MILES
SOUTH OF AGRIHAN...225 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN...AND 195 MILES SOUTH
OF ALAMAGAN.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
RADAR SHOWS THAT THE EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR IS MOVING WEST-
NORTHWEST TOWARD TINAIN AND SAIPAN AND WILL LIKELY CROSS OVER THE
TWO ISLANDS AROUND 1100 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL RISE TO
TYPHOON FORCE BETWEEN ABOUT 1000 PM AND MIDNIGHT. 

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN...AND ALAMAGAN...

AS SOUDELOR IS CURRENTLY TRACKING...DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT LIKELY
FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN OR ALAMAGAN. EVEN SO...MAINTAIN READINESS
OVERNIGHT IN CASE THE TYPHOON MAKES A SUDDEN NORTHWARD TURN.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT LIKELY...BUT IF SOUDELOR TAKES A SUDDEN
NORTHWARD TURN BRIEF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COULD OCCUR 
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ON ALAMAGAN.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF... 
SEAS WILL BUILD TONIGHT...REACHING 15 TO 20 FEET OVERNIGHT. SEAS
WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 20
FEET OR HIGHER IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF UP
TO 2 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 AM MONDAY...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. 

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-022100-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
1057 PM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR TYPHOON FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE COMPLETE. THE
EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR IS EXPECTED TO CROSS OVER TINIAN AND
SAIPAN AROUND 1100 PM...WITH TYPHOON FORCE WINDS PEAKING AT OVER
100 MPH LIKELY BETWEEN 1100 PM AND 100 AM. THE ONSET OF TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE SUDDEN AS THE EYE MOVES IN. REMAIN IN
SHELTER OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING UNTIL DAMAGING WINDS
SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION... 
WINDS WILL RISE QUICKLY AS THE EYE OF SOUDELOR PUSHES ASHORE OVER
SOUTHERN SAIPAN...AND WILL REACH 90 TO 100 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
120 MPH POSSIBLE. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT WINDS AS
THE CALM CENTER OF THE EYE PASSES AROUND 1100 PM...BUT THEN WINDS
WILL SUDDENLY RETURN TO TYPHOON FORCE FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE EYE. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT
BUT WILL REMAIN DAMAGING UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS... 
SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES.
SEAS WILL DIMINISH ON MONDAY...BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
MONDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAIN OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MAY CAUSE LOCAL
FLOODING. 

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-022100-
/O.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
1057 PM CHST SUN AUG 2 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETE. THE ONSET OF
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME
DANGEROUS. REMAIN IN SHELTER OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING
UNTIL ANY DAMAGING WINDS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT AND WELL SECURED. 

&&

...WIND INFORMATION... 
EXPECT NORTHWEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE ON MONDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS...
SEAS WILL BUILD...REACHING 14 TO 16 FEET TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. DANGEROUS
SURF OF 15 TO 18 FEET IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION
OF 1 TO 2 FEET AS SOUDELOR PASSES. 

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAIN OF 5 TO 7 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MAY CAUSE LOCAL
FLOODING. 

$$

MIDDLEBROOKE
301 
WTPQ81 PGUM 021653
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
253 AM CHST MON AUG 3 2015

...TYPHOON SOUDELOR STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM TINIAN
AND SAIPAN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON ROTA...TINIAN..SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING CONTINUES FOR TINIAN...SAIPAN AND THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ROTA AND THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND
AGRIHAN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 154 AM CHST...THE EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR WAS LOCATED BY RADAR
NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.3 DEGREES EAST.
THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN AND TINIAN...
90 MILES NORTH OF ROTA...235 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN...190 MILES
SOUTH OF PAGAN...AND 165 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN. AT 100
AM...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 105 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR IS MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AWAY FROM
TINIAN AND SAIPAN. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS HAVE LIKELY ENDED ON TINIAN
AND SAIPAN. DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TINIAN
AND SAIPAN UNTIL MID MORNING TODAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN...AND ALAMAGAN...

AS SOUDELOR IS CURRENTLY TRACKING...DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT LIKELY
FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN OR ALAMAGAN. EVEN SO...MAINTAIN READINESS
OVERNIGHT IN CASE THE TYPHOON MAKES A SUDDEN NORTHWARD TURN.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT LIKELY...BUT IF SOUDELOR TAKES A SUDDEN
NORTHWARD TURN BRIEF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COULD OCCUR 
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ON ALAMAGAN.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF... 
SEAS WILL BE PEAKING BETWEEN 15 AND 20 FEET OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 20 FEET OR HIGHER
IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF UP TO
2 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

&&

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-030100-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
253 AM CHST MON AUG 3 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TYPHOON FORCE WINDS HAVE LIKELY ENDED AS THE EYE OF TYPHOON
SOUDELOR IS NOW MOVING AWAY. REMAIN IN SHELTER UNTIL LATER THIS
MORNING WHEN DAMAGING WINDS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION... 
SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE SUBSIDING BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT TROPICAL
STORM FORCE UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS... 
SEAS ARE PEAKING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 FEET. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
THIS MORNING...BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MAY CAUSE
LOCAL FLOODING.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-030100-
/O.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
253 AM CHST MON AUG 3 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE AS TYPHOON
SOUDELOR MOVES AWAY. REMAIN IN SHELTER UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING
WHEN DAMAGING WINDS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND
WELL SECURED.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION... 
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH BY MID MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS...
SEAS ARE PEAKING BETWEEN 14 AND 16 FEET AND WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE.
SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 TO 18 FEET
IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO
2 FEET.

...INLAND FLOODING...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES TODAY MAY CAUSE LOCAL
FLOODING.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 9 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

&&

$$

MCELROY
808 
WTPQ81 PGUM 022333
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
933 AM CHST MON AUG 3 2015

...TYPHOON SOUDELOR MOVING AWAY FROM TINIAN AND SAIPAN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TYPHOON WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING CONTINUES FOR TINIAN...SAIPAN AND THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ROTA AND THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR (13W) WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
144.4 DEGREES EAST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 110 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SAIPAN...105 MILES NORTHWEST OF TINIAN...140 MILES NORTH-
NORTHWEST OF ROTA...210 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN...170
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN...155 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
AND 180 MILES NORTH OF GUAM. MOVEMENT IS TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT
13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 120 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AWAY
FROM TINIAN AND SAIPAN. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS HAVE LIKELY ENDED ON
TINIAN AND SAIPAN. DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON
TINIAN AND SAIPAN UNTIL MID MORNING TODAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TYPHOON WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN
IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

...AGRIHAN...PAGAN...AND ALAMAGAN...

AS SOUDELOR IS CURRENTLY TRACKING...DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN OR ALAMAGAN. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY
IN PORT UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF...

SEAS WILL BE PEAKING BETWEEN 15 AND 20 FEET THIS MORNING. SEAS
WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 20 FEET OR
HIGHER IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF
UP TO 2 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-030745-
/O.CON.PGUM.TY.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
933 AM CHST MON AUG 3 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TYPHOON FORCE WINDS HAVE LIKELY ENDED AS THE EYE OF TYPHOON
SOUDELOR IS NOW MOVING AWAY. REMAIN IN SHELTER UNTIL LATER THIS
MORNING WHEN DAMAGING WINDS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE SUBSIDING BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT TROPICAL
STORM FORCE UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS...
SEAS ARE PEAKING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 FEET. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
THIS MORNING...BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.


$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-030745-
/O.CON.PGUM.TR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
933 AM CHST MON AUG 3 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE AS TYPHOON
SOUDELOR MOVES AWAY. REMAIN IN SHELTER UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING
WHEN DAMAGING WINDS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND
WELL SECURED.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH BY MID MORNING.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS...
SEAS ARE PEAKING BETWEEN 14 AND 16 FEET AND WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE.
SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY. DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 TO 18 FEET
IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO
2 FEET.

...INLAND FLOODING...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TIYAN AROUND 3 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

$$

ZIOBRO/STANKO
619 
WTPQ81 PGUM 030212
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON SOUDELOR (13W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1212 PM CHST MON AUG 3 2015

...TYPHOON SOUDELOR CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY THE MARIANAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

THE TYPHOON WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SAIPAN AND TINIAN IN
THE MARIANA ISLANDS. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ROTA IN THE
MARIANA ISLANDS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT
ANYWHERE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MARIANAS AND SURROUNDING WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR (13W) WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.8
DEGREES EAST.

THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 150 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN...150
MILES NORTHWEST OF TINIAN...180 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF ROTA...215
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN...180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN
...170 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN...AND 205 MILES NORTH-
NORTHWEST OF GUAM. MOVEMENT IS TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 120 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AWAY
FROM TINIAN AND SAIPAN. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED
ON TINIAN AND SAIPAN. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED ON ROTA.

&&

GUZ003-004-PMZ153-154-030315-
/O.CAN.PGUM.TY.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TINIAN-SAIPAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
1212 PM CHST MON AUG 3 2015

...TYPHOON WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TYPHOON FORCE WINDS HAVE ENDED AS THE EYE OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR IS
NOW MOVING AWAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL
SECURED UNTIL SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTH WINDS ARE SUBSIDING. EXPECT WINDS OF BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS...
SEAS HAVE PEAKED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF LESS THAN 1 INCH ARE LIKELY TODAY.

$$

GUZ002-PMZ152-030315-
/O.CAN.PGUM.TR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-
1212 PM CHST MON AUG 3 2015

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAVE ENDED AS TYPHOON SOUDELOR MOVES
AWAY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED UNTIL
SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

&&

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL DECREASE TO 15
TO 20 MPH TONIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SEAS...
SEAS HAVE PEAKED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF LESS THAN 1 INCH ARE LIKELY TODAY.

$$

.NEXT UPDATE...
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this typhoon warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Guam wrote its last area forecast discussion before this typhoon warning went out at Jul 31, 2:47 PM CDT, 9 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 2:47 PM CDT, 9 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
547 AM CHST SAT AUG 1 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR IS CENTERED ABOUT 680 MILES EAST OF GUAM.
THE WESTERNMOST RAIN BANDS LIE ONLY ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF THE
MARINE ZONES.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
300 AM FORECAST ISSUANCE CLOSELY FOLLOWS CONTINUITY. ONLY TWEAKS
MADE TO THE FORECAST WERE TO DELAY ONSET OF MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO
AROUND SUNSET TODAY AND TO ADD ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.
THESE ADJUSTMENTS WERE BASED ON SATELLITE TRENDS. STILL EXPECT
CENTER OF SOUDELOR TO PASS NORTH OF THE FORECAST ZONES LATE ON
SUNDAY OR EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING. INHERITED WIND AND WEATHER
GRIDS ALREADY SUPPORT THIS FORECAST SCENARIO. STILL EXPECT WET
WEATHER TO PERSIST IN THE WAKE OF SOUDELOR AS MONSOON TROUGH
LINGERS IN THE VICINITY.

&&

.MARINE...
BENIGN MARINE CONDITIONS WILL LINGER A LITTLE LONGER TODAY...THEN
GO RAPIDLY DOWNHILL TONIGHT AS THE WESTERN FLANK OF SOUDELOR
IMPINGES ON THE FORECAST ZONES. HAZARDOUS SURF SHOULD AFFECT ALL
OF THE FORECAST ZONES BEGINNING ON SUNDAY. WORST CONDITIONS WILL
BE ON TINIAN AND SAIPAN...BUT MONSOON TAIL DEVELOPING ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF SOUDELOR COULD CAUSE SURF ON GUAM AND ROTA TO BE HAZARDOUS
AS WELL.

&&

.TROPICAL SYSTEMS...
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR HAS BEEN MAINTAINING MINIMUM TROPICAL
STORM INTENSITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TUTT ON NORTH SIDE OF
SOUDELOR APPEARS TO BE RETARDING INTENSIFICATION FOR THE TIME
BEING. SOUDELOR HAS BEEN STEERING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MODEL
GUIDANCE ENVELOPE DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS OR SO AS A RESULT.
SOUDELOR IS STILL FORECAST TO HEAD WEST-NORTHWEST...WHICH WOULD
CARRY THE CENTER TO THE NORTH OF SAIPAN. SATELLITE DOES SHOW
MONSOON TAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SOUDELOR CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND
DEVELOP. THIS SUGGESTS WINDS AND WEATHER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
SOUDELOR MAY BE MORE ROBUST THAN EARLIER THOUGHT. FOLLOW ON SHIFT
MAY NEED TO BEEF UP THE FORECAST GRIDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE
OF SOUDELOR IF THIS DEVELOPMENT TREND PERSISTS.

&&

.EASTERN MICRONESIA...
TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR IS NOW LOCATED NORTH OF POHNPEI AND CHUUK
STATES NEAR 13N159E AND CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST. THE MONSOON TROUGH
EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM SOUDELOR TO A WEAK CIRCULATION
CENTERED WEST OF MAJURO NEAR 7N169E. CONVERGENT WINDS TO THE SOUTH
OF SOUDELOR ARE GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHUUK AND POHNPEI. THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE
MARIANAS. CONVECTION IS ALSO VERY ACTIVE ALONG THE MONSOON TROUGH
THROUGH KOSRAE STATE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS THERE LATER THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE CONVECTION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH IS NOW TO THE WEST OF MAJURO AND ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH IMPROVING
CONDITIONS ON MAJURO THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PLEASANT
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THERE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THE
CIRCULATION CURRENTLY WEST OF MAJURO WILL HELP MAINTAIN A MONSOON
PATTERN OVER KOSRAE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A DRIER AND MORE
PLEASANT PATTERN MOVING IN FROM THE MARSHALL ISLANDS SUNDAY
EVENING. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD WESTWARD...OVER POHNPEI
MONDAY AND OVER CHUUK LATER IN THE WEEK.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SWELL AND WIND WAVES ALONG THE
WEST COASTS OF MICRONESIA. THE WAVE WATCH MODEL AND ALTIMETRY
DATA INDICATE SHORT-PERIOD WAVES WILL BE UP TO 5 OR 6 FEET ACROSS
THE AREA IN THE COMING DAYS. IF THE WEST SWELL BUILDS UP TO AROUND
7 FEET...THEN HIGH SURF ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.

&&

.WESTERN MICRONESIA...
CHUUK DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED ABOVE WITH EASTERN MICRONESIA DUE TO
A SIMILAR SYNOPTIC PATTERN.

THE MONSOON TROUGH STRETCHES EASTWARD FROM 10N130E THROUGH A WEAK
CIRCULATION CENTERED NORTHWEST OF KOROR NEAR 11N132E...THEN WEST-
NORTHWESTWARD TO TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR. LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE
SOUTH OF THE TROUGH IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE
CONVECTION AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN TO THE SOUTH OF YAP BUT
WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SEAS WILL RESPOND TO THE WESTERLY WINDS WITH COMBINED SEAS
BUILDING ACROSS PALAU AND YAP THIS WEEKEND. THE WEST SURF IN
PARTICULAR COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS BY TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

&&

.GUM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GU...TYPHOON WATCH FOR GUZ003-004.

MARIANAS WATERS...TYPHOON WATCH FOR PMZ153-154.

&&

MCELROY/KLEESCHULTE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Guam issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 12:29 AM CDTTropical Storm WatchGUM19 hr
Aug 1, 6:22 PM CDTTropical Storm WarningGUM28 hr

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Sources

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