HURRICANE STATEMENT

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

...TYPHOON CHABA HEADING TOWARD THE TINIAN CHANNEL...

...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 5 PM GUAM LST..07Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.3
DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 125 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM
80 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA
60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN AND SAIPAN
225 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMAGAN
250 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN
300 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN.

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

...GUAM...
GUAM IS IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1. ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE
COMPLETED.

EMERGENCY SHELTERS THAT ARE STILL OPEN ARE:
UPI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-DEDEDO
GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL-MANGILAO
ORDOT/CHALAN PAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TALOFOFO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
INARAJAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING NORTHWEST WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH
INCREASING TO 65 TO 75 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH THIS EVENING BEFORE
SUBSIDING ON MONDAY. WINDS MAY BE HIGHER DEPENDING ON THE EXACT
POSITION OF THE EYEWALL.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION AND COASTAL INUNDATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF WILL INCREASE TO 17 TO 19 FEET. SEVERE RIP CURRENTS
WILL OCCUR INSIDE THE REEFS. INUNDATION OF COASTAL AREAS IS EXPECTED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
UP TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
NECESSARY.

...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN...
ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN ARE IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1. ALL
PREPARATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED. STAY IN SAFE SHELTER AS THIS IS A
VERY DANGEROUS TYPHOON.

RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THE EYE OF THE TYPHOON HEADING TOWARDS THE
TINIAN CHANNEL. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE TYPHOON...THE EYEWALL...IS
APPROACHING ALL THREE ISLANDS AND WILL KEEP TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OVER
THE ISLANDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IN THE EVENT OF AN EYE PASSAGE WHERE
WINDS MAY BECOME VERY LIGHT...RESIDENTS MUST REMAIN IN SHELTER. IT
WILL BE ONLY A MATTER OF MINUTES TO TENS OF MINUTES WHEN WINDS WILL
RAPIDLY PICK UP FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS 55 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH INCREASING TO
100 TO 110 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 140 MPH THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION AND COASTAL INUNDATION...
STORM SURGE 8 TO 11 FEET IS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS SURF REACHING 23 TO
25 FEET TONIGHT. SEVERE RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR INSIDE THE REEFS.
INUNDATION OF COASTAL AREAS IS EXPECTED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
UP TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
NECESSARY.

...AGRIHAN...
AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN ARE IN CONDITION OF READINESS 2. ALL
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES SHOULD BE COMPLETED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH
WITH DAMAGING GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING ON MONDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF WILL INCREASE TO 17 TO 19 FEET.

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

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 7 PM LST OR SOONER IF
NEEDED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BULLETINS. ON
GUAM AND ROTA...NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS BROADCAST AT 162.40 MHZ AND IS
AVAILABLE ON GUAM BY CALLING 811. ON TINIAN AND SAIPAN...LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO AT 162.55 MHZ. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GUAM
WEBSITE IS LOCATED AT HTTP://WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/GUAM (LOWER CASE).

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MILLER/GUARD




TYPHOON WARNING

GUAM WATERS-
300 PM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004

...SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN PORT...
...TYPHOON WARNING IN EFFECT...

.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 65 KT BECOMING WEST TYPHOON FORCE WIND TO 75 KT WITH GUSTS TO 90
KT. COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO 16 TO 18 FT. FREQUENT HEAVY
SHOWERS THEN WIDESPREAD TORRENTIAL RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM.
.MONDAY...SOUTHWEST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO
60 KT EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
COMBINED SEAS 13 TO 15 FT. FREQUENT HEAVY SHOWERS WITH VISIBILITY
LESS THAN 1 NM THEN NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT.
COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 14 FT. NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.
.TUESDAY...SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. COMBINED
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND
WAVES 3 TO 4 FT. WEST SWELL 7 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND
WAVES 3 TO 4 FT. WEST SWELL 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.THURSDAY...WEST WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. WEST SWELL 7 TO
9 FT.
.FRIDAY...WEST WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. WEST SWELL 8 TO 10
FT.

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