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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tiyan GU
850 PM ChST Tue Jul 3 2018


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ROTA-ROTA COASTAL WATERS-TINIAN-TINIAN COASTAL WATERS-SAIPAN-
SAIPAN COASTAL WATERS-
850 PM ChST Tue Jul 3 2018

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

.PREPAREDNESS/PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS...
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AND MAKE SURE CANOPIES ARE TAKEN DOWN OR 
SECURELY FASTENED. 

...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY REACH 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE AT 30 TO 40 MPH IF 10W MOVES ON A MORE 
NORTHWARD TRACK.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 11 FEET ON WEDNESDAY...
RESULTING IN SURF BETWEEN 9 AND 11 FEET. COASTAL INUNDATION IS 
NOT LIKELY. ONCE 10W PASSES TO THE WEST OF THE ISLANDS...SOUTHWEST
SWELL WILL BUILD WITH SURF RISING ALONG SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS.
SURF WILL GENERATE LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. 
FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED AS THE STORM 
APPROACHES.

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