WTPQ81 PGUM 150300 HLSPQ1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM 22W LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 100 PM CHST THU OCT 15 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM 22W MOVING AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS... .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE ON GUAM AND SURROUNDING WATERS OUT TO 40 NM. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR GUAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 22W WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.0 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM. TROPICAL STORM 22W IS MOVING RAPIDLY WEST AT AROUND 25 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST AT AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH DURING NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 40 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM 22W MADE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO GUAM AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING...AND IS NOW MOVING AWAY FROM THE SOUTHERN MARIANAS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL STEADILY DIMINISH THROUGH FRIDAY. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARIANAS WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD WAIT UNTIL MARINE CONDITIONS SUBSIDE BEFORE VENTURING OUT TO SEA. SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS...WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. && .NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR TROPICAL STORM 22W. GUZ001-PMZ151-150400- /X.CAN.PGUM.TR.A.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GUAM-GUAM COASTAL WATERS- 100 PM CHST THU OCT 15 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM 22W IS MOVING AWAY FROM GUAM. WEATHER CONDITIONS ON GUAM WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. $$ MUNDELL