WTPQ81 PGUM 250946
HLSPQ1
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON NIDA (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
746 PM CHST WED NOV 25 2009
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR FAIS AND ULITHI...
.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS 
FOR PEOPLE ON ULITHI AND FAIS AND SURROUNDING WATERS OUT TO 40 NM.
.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 200 PM CHST...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR FAIS AND ULITHI WAS 
CANCELED.
.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CHST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON NIDA WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 12.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 142.7 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT   265 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF FARAULEP
                170 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM
                255 MILES NORTHEAST OF ULITHI AND
                215 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIS.
TYPHOON NIDA IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. LITTLE CHANGE IN MOTION 
IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 
145 MPH. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES 
FROM THE CENTER.
.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON NIDA CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY SOUTHWEST OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS 
AND MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM FARAULEP. NIDA REMAINS ON A NORTHWEST 
PATH. SINCE THE TYPHOON CENTER IS ALREADY WELL NORTH OF FAIS AND 
ULITHI...THE LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGING WINDS IS NOW ESSENTIALLY ZERO SO 
THE WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELED.
...ULITHI AND FAIS...
.POST-STORM PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALTHOUGH THE TYPHOON IS MOVING AWAY SOME STORM EFFECTS WILL CONTINUE 
TO AFFECT FAIS AND ULITHI THROUGH THURSDAY. FRESH TO STRONG GUSTY 
WINDS AND HEAVY SEAS WITH HIGH SURF ARE LIKELY. REMAIN IN SAFE 
SHELTER AWAY FROM THE OCEAN. DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL 
UNTIL AFTER THE SEAS SUBSIDE.
.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE FOR TYPHOON NIDA.
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STANKO