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TYPHOON SONGDA ADVISORY NUMBER 22...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU

8 AM GUAM LST THU SEP 2 2004



...TYPHOON SONGDA CONTINUES ON COURSE AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS...



NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.



AT 7 AM GUAM LST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON SONGDA WAS LOCATED 

NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 141.8 DEGREES EAST. 

THIS IS ABOUT 300 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF AGRIHAN

              950 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA

              1300 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAIWAN

       

TYPHOON SONGDA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS GENERAL 

MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 145 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SONGDA WILL 

MAINTAIN THIS INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS...THEN BEGIN TO 

SLOWLY WEAKEN. SONGDA IS A CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON.



TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE CENTER 

AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 170 MILES.



REPEATING THE 7 AM POSITION...21.1 DEGREES NORTH AND 141.8 DEGREES 

EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 

OF 145 MPH.



THIS WILL BE THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE FOR TYPHOON SONGDA.



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