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720 WWPQ80 PGUM 160422 SPSPQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 221 PM ChST Fri Mar 16 2018 PMZ173-174-162300- POHNPEI-KOSRAE- 221 PM ChST Fri Mar 16 2018 ...HEAVY RAIN ACROSS POHNPEI AND KOSRAE STATES THROUGH TONIGHT... A BROAD TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IS CENTERED NEAR POHNPEI ISLAND AT 7N158E THIS AFTERNOON. FAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER WIDESPREAD DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THIS SYSTEM ACROSS KOSRAE...POHNPEI AND NEARBY ISLANDS/ATOLLS THROUGH TONIGHT. NEARLY SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS POHNPEI AND KOSRAE FOR THE PAST 9 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS PROBABLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS POOR-DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS ON KOSRAE...POHNPEI AND NEARBY ISLANDS/ATOLLS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES NEAR VALLEYS AND SLOPES FOR POHNPEI AND KOSRAE ISLANDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. RESIDENTS ON THESE ISLANDS/ATOLLS NEED TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY AND LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS AND UPDATES FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. $$ CHAN
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