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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
632 AM CHST FRI FEB 25 2011
PMZ161-171-251900-
KOROR PALAU-YAP-
632 AM CHST FRI FEB 25 2011
...DEVELOPING TROPICAL DISTURBANCE MOVING WEST IN YAP STATE...
A DEVELOPING TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IN YAP STATE IS EXPECTED TO
AFFECT LOCATIONS IN YAP STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.
AT 600 AM CHST...THE POORLY-DEFINED CIRCULATION OF THE DISTURBANCE
WAS CENTERED APPROXIMATELY 350 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF YAP AND 420
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR NEAR LATITUDE 5 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 140 DEGREES EAST.
THE CENTER OF THE DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST OVER THE
WEEKEND AND PASS JUST SOUTH OF KOROR ON SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO AFFECT AREAS NEAR KOROR
AND KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND NGULU IN YAP STATE AND ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR
KOROR...KAYANGEL AND SONSOROL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND 2 TO 4
INCHES FOR YAP...NGULU...FAIS AND ULITHI IN YAP STATE. FLASH
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS NORTH OF THE
CIRCULATION CENTER ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY FOR NGULU...KAYANGEL AND
KOROR AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD.
WAVES GENERATED BY THE STRONGER WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH AN EXISTING NORTH SWELL WILL MAKE BOATING
HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU WITH COMBINED SEAS RISING TO
BETWEEN 14 AND 15 FT BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AVAILABLE MEDIA SOURCES...THE
INTERNET...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO SECURE
SMALL BOATS AND ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT MAY BE EASILY BLOWN
AROUND IS RECOMMENDED.
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO REFER TO THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL
UPDATE THIS STATEMENT AS NEEDED.
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WILLIAMS