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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1022 PM ChST Thu Mar 14 2019

PMZ161-171-172-142300-
KOROR PALAU-YAP-CHUUK-
1022 PM ChST Thu Mar 14 2019

Corrected for movement

...THE CIRCULATION IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A TCFA...

AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER
WESTERN CHUUK STATE IS MOVING QUICKLY WESTWARD. A WEAK CIRCULATION 
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE CAN BE IDENTIFIED NEAR 6N149E.
THIS CIRCULATION IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A TCFA...TROPICAL CYCLONE
FORMATION ALERT. THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS THE CHANCE OF THE FORMATION 
OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

SHOWERY WEATHER WILL MOVE OVER EASTERN YAP STATE BY FRIDAY AND MOVE
TO NEAR YAP BY SATURDAY. SHOWERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE 
REPUBLIC OF PALAU ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

AS THE DISTURBANCE AND SHOWERY WEATHER CONTINUES WESTWARD...LOCALLY 
HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY FOR PARTS OF YAP STATE AND PALAU.

GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET ARE 
POSSIBLE NEAR THE DISTURBANCE...SO CAREFULLY PLAN ANY INTER-ISLAND 
TRAVEL.

RESIDENTS IN CHUUK AND YAP STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU SHOULD 
MONITOR THIS DISTURBANCE. HEED INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AND WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. THIS TCFA SHOULD NOT AFFECT
THE MARIANAS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE LATEST FORECAST AND 
ADVISORIES...VISIT THE WFO GUAM WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GUM/

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SIMPSON/EDSON/ZIOBRO

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