000 WTPQ81 PGUM 240154 CCA HLSPQ1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM NIDA (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 1200 PM CHST TUE NOV 24 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR FARAULEP... .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE ON FARAULEP AND SURROUNDING WATERS OUT TO 40 NM. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FARAULEP. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 39 AND 73 MPH ARE OCCURRING...OR EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 1000 AM CHST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NIDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 8.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.7 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 75 MILES EAST OF FARAULEP. NIDA IS MOVING WEST AT AROUND 8 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST- NORTHWEST DURING NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 65 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM NIDA IS INTENSIFYING SOUTH OF GUAM AND MOVING SLOWLY WEST TOWARD THE ISLAND OF FARAULEP. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WITH COASTAL INUNDATION DUE TO STORM SURGE CAN BE EXPECTED ON FARAULEP AS THE TROPICAL STORM PASSES NEARBY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SAFE SHELTER AWAY FROM BOTH THE OCEAN AND LAGOON. TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO SECURE SMALL CRAFT. DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY INTER- ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL AFTER THE STORM PASSES AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ...WIND INFORMATION... NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING WEST 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH BY EARLY EVENING DURING CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH. IF STRONG WINDS RAPIDLY DIMINISH THIS MAY MEAN THE EYE OF THE STORM IS PASSING OVERHEAD. IF THIS OCCURS...DO NOT VENTURE FAR FROM SAFE SHELTER...AS STRONG WINDS WILL SUDDENLY INCREASE FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION... EXPECT OFFSHORE SEAS IN EXCESS OF 15 FEET WITH SURF HEIGHTS AROUND 14 TO 18 FEET ON EXPOSED SHORELINES. COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. ...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... HEAVY SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS IS LIKELY TO OCCUR. .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 3 PM. $$ MUNDELL