WTPQ82 PGUM 020425
HLSPQ2
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM MALIKSI (20W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST TUE OCT 2 2012
...TROPICAL STORM MALIKSI (20W) MOVING AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN 
CNMI...
.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS 
FOR PEOPLE ON PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN IN THE NORTHERN CNMI.
.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN IN THE 
NORTHERN CNMI HAS BEEN CANCELED.
.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MALIKSI (20W) 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 142.8 
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT
              
              220 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF AGRIHAN
              250 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAGAN
              275 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
              415 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN AND
              495 MILES NORTH OF GUAM.
TROPICAL STORM MALIKSI (20W) IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 
15 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH WITH A 
SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
DAMAGING WINDS HAVE ENDED ON PAGAN...AGRIHAN AND ALAMAGAN. DAMAGING 
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.
...PAGAN...ALAMAGAN AND AGRIHAN...
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...INTER-ISLAND 
TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE.
...WIND INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM MALIKSI (20W) IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING 
TODAY AS IT MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS TOWARDS THE 
NORTHWEST. HOWEVER...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS 
WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT...SUBSIDING TO 15 TO 25 KT ON WEDNESDAY.
...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
OFFSHORE SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF OF 12 TO 15 
FEET ON EXPOSED SHORES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. INUNDATION OF UP TO 2 
TO 3 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHERN 
EXPOSURES. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE VERY STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING.
...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 
LOCAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE ON TROPICAL STORM MALIKSI.
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AYDLETT