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WTPQ81 PGUM 142304
HLSPQ1

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON MA-ON (08W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM CHST FRI JUL 15 2011

...TYPHOON MA-ON CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN MARIANAS...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...

AS OF 800 AM CHST THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR PAGAN...ALAMAGAN 
AND AGRIHAN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CHST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON MA-ON WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.1 DEGREES EAST. 

THIS IS ABOUT 200 MILES NORTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
              235 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAGAN 
              260 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
              405 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN...AND
              490 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GUAM.

TYPHOON MA-ON IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 
OF 115 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON MA-ON CONTINUES TO HEAD WESTWARD ALONG 20N AND AWAY FROM THE 
FAR NORTHERN MARIANAS...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR 
MORE ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR ANY OF THE MARIANAS.

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

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY SEAS AND HIGH SURF ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE 
ANOTHER DAY OR TWO AS MA-ON MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. SMALL BOATS 
AND WATER CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND REMAIN SECURED AND STAY 
IN PORT THROUGH TODAY. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL 
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. 

...WIND INFORMATION...
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST TODAY AND 
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SOUTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF OF 10 TO 15 FEET TODAY ON 
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EXPOSURES. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET IS 
STILL EXPECTED. SURF WILL REMAIN HIGH AT 9 TO 12 FEET THROUGH EARLY 
NEXT WEEK ALONG SOUTH AND EAST EXPOSURE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
MORE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE COMING DAYS 
AND ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH SUNDAY. 
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE SLOW TO ABATE.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST SCHEDULED LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR TYPHOON MA-ON.

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SIMPSON