20040822

HURRICANE STATEMENT

TYPHOON CHABA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
7 PM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004

...EYEWALL OF TYPHOON CHABA REACHING ROTA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN...SAIPAN AND
AGRIHAN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM GUAM LST..09Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.9
DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM
50 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA
45 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN
50 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN
230 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMAGAN
255 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN
305 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 120 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 150 MPH. TYPHOON
CHABA IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH.