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WTPQ81 PGUM 030417
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST MON DEC 3 2012

...TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) WELL WEST OF PALAU...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR 
PEOPLE IN SONSOROL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR SONSOROL WAS CANCELLED AT 2 PM CHST.
NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 100 PM CHST...0300Z...THE EYE OF TYPHOON BOPHA WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 6.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 130.9 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT 140 MILES NORTHWEST OF SONSOROL
              240 MILES WEST OF KOROR AND
              275 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KAYANGEL.

TYPHOON BOPHA IS MOVING WEST AT 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE 
DECREASED TO 120 MPH. 

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TYPHOON BOPHA WILL CONTINUE MOVING AWAY FROM THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. 
DAMAGING WINDS HAVE ENDED AT SONSOROL.

...SONSOROL...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED...BUT SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOT 
ATTEMPT ANY INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL ROUGH SEAS SUBSIDE. 

...WIND INFORMATION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH 
TONIGHT.  

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 14 FEET IS LIKELY ALONG SOUTHERN AND WESTERN 
SHORES THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO 8 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT. NO 
FURTHER COASTAL INUNDATION IS EXPECTED. 

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM TYPHOON BOPHA.
   
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE ON TYPHOON BOPHA.

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MIDDLEBROOKE