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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU

832 AM ChST Sun Dec 1 2019



...VERY HIGH SURF AND SEAS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT...



TYPHOON KAMMURI (29W) IS LOCATED ABOUT 410 MILES NORTHWEST OF YAP 

AND 415 MILES NORTH OF KOROR NEAR 13N133E THIS MORNING. IT IS MOVING

WEST AT 15 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 75 MPH. KAMMURI IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WESTWARD ACROSS THE PHILIPPINE SEA TOWARD THE

PHILIPPINES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.



LARGE NORTH-NORTHWEST SWELL GENERATED BY KAMMURI WILL PERSIST ACROSS

WESTERN YAP STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU FOR A FEW MORE DAYS. 

ADDITIONALLY...MODERATE EAST-NORTHEAST TRADE-WIND SWELL WILL CONTINUE

ACROSS THE REGION. COMBINING WITH THE NORTH-NORTHWEST SWELL...A MIXED

SEA STATE IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL MAKE NAVIGATING EVEN IN LARGER 

VESSELS DIFFICULT.



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PMZ161-020000-

KOROR PALAU-

832 AM ChST Sun Dec 1 2019



...KAYANGEL...



DANGEROUS SURF OF 14 TO 16 FEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG NORTH AND WEST 

FACING SHORES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE TO HAZARDOUS

LEVELS OF 12 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING. SURF SHOULD SUBSIDE FURTHER TO

BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET MONDAY BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH 

TUESDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MONDAY 

EVENING.



STAY AWAY FROM NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS AND EXPOSED BEACHES. HUGE

POUNDING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU UNCONSCIOUS AND CAUSE YOU TO DROWN. RIP

CURRENTS WILL BE DEADLY. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT SHOULD BE 

POSTPONED UNTIL MIDWEEK.



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PMZ171-020000-

YAP-

832 AM ChST Sun Dec 1 2019



...ULITHI AND FAIS...



HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL PERSIST ALONG NORTH AND WEST 

FACING REEFS THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING MONDAY. 

SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THIS EVENING.



AVOID VENTURING OUT ALONG NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS AND EXPOSED 

BEACHES. LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND CAUSE SERIOUS 

INJURIES. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL 

BY BOAT SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY.



...NGULU...



DANGEROUS SURF OF 13 TO 15 FEET WILL LINGER ALONG NORTH AND WEST 

FACING SHORES THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 

HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 11 AND 13 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SURF SHOULD 

SUBSIDE FURTHER TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET MONDAY BUT WILL REMAIN 

HAZARDOUS THROUGH TUESDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT 

THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.



STAY AWAY FROM NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS AND EXPOSED BEACHES. HUGE

POUNDING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU UNCONSCIOUS AND CAUSE YOU TO DROWN. RIP

CURRENTS WILL BE DEADLY. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT SHOULD BE 

POSTPONED UNTIL MIDWEEK.



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RESIDENTS OF ALL THE ABOVE LOCATIONS SHOULD STAY ALERT WITH THE 

LATEST INFORMATION AND LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL 

EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. THIS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED 

WHEN NEW INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE.



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