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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU

925 AM ChST Wed Nov 27 2019



TROPICAL STORM (TS) KAMMURI (29W) IS LOCATED ABOUT 395 MILES EAST-

NORTHEAST OF YAP OR 650 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KOROR THIS MORNING. 

IT IS MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH. 

TS KAMMURI IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST LATER TODAY

AND THEN NORTHWEST TONIGHT...INTO THE PHILIPPINE SEA AWAY FROM YAP 

AND KOROR. KAMMURI SHOULD GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN THROUGH THURSDAY AND 

COULD BECOME A TYPHOON LATER TODAY.



LARGE NORTH TO NORTHEAST SWELL GENERATED BY KAMMURI WILL ARRIVE AT

WESTERN YAP STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU LATE

TONIGHT. THIS SWELL WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS SURF ON ISLANDS EAST OF YAP

PROPER AND HAZARDOUS SURF ON ISLANDS SOUTHWEST OF YAP PROPER...AND ON

KAYANGEL NORTH OF KOROR.



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PMZ161-271800-

KOROR PALAU-

925 AM ChST Wed Nov 27 2019



...KAYANGEL...



SURF ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING SHORES WILL RISE AND REACH HAZARDOUS

LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FEET LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BUILD FURTHER TO 

BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET TONIGHT. SURF COULD RISE EVEN HIGHER AT 12 TO

14 FEET ON THURSDAY. SEAS NEAR KAYANGEL WILL GRADUALLY RISE THROUGH

THURSDAY MORNING AND REACH 8 TO 10 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND 

THEN RISE HIGHER TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT WHICH ARE 

HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT.



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PMZ171-271800-

YAP-

925 AM ChST Wed Nov 27 2019



...ULITHI AND FAIS...



HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING SHORES 

WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND REACH DANGEROUS 

LEVELS OF 14 TO 16 FEET LATER TONIGHT.



...NGULU...



SURF ALONG NORTH AND EAST FACING SHORES WILL RISE AND REACH HAZARDOUS

LEVELS OF 9 TO 11 FEET LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BUILD FURTHER TO

BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET TONIGHT.



COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET NEAR THE ABOVE ISLANDS WILL REMAIN

HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT TODAY...THEN BUILD TO BETWEEN 12 AND 16 

FEET TONIGHT. THESE SEAS WILL BE DANGEROUS EVEN TO LARGER VESSELS.



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RESIDENTS OF ALL THE ABOVE LOCATIONS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THE NORTH

AND EAST FACING REEFS AND EXPOSED BEACHES...HUGE BREAKING WAVES AND 

STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. SMALL BOATS NEED

TO BE REMAINED IN PORT AND INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY LARGER VESSELS 

SHOULD BE POSTPONED THROUGH FRIDAY.



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