WTPQ83 PGUM 011654

HLSPQ3

PMZ154-012300-

TYPHOON SONGDA LOCAL STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU

300 AM GUAM LST THU SEP 2 2004



...TYPHOON SONGDA CONTINUES MOVING AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS...



...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF 

AGRIHAN. 



...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

THE TYPHOON WARNING FOR AGRIHAN IS CANCELED AS OF 2 AM GUAM LST... 

THEREFORE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME.



...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 1 AM GUAM LST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON SONGDA WAS LOCATED 

NEAR LATITUDE 20.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 142.9 DEGREES EAST. 

THIS IS ABOUT 215 MILES NORTHWEST OF AGRIHAN.



SONGDA IS A CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 

145 MPH. TYPHOON SONGDA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH.



...AGRIHAN...

AGRIHAN IS NOW IN TYPHOON CONDITION 4 AS OF 2 AM. DAMAGING WINDS 

HAVE STOPPED. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN IN SHELTER OVERNIGHT 

FOR SAFETY.



...WIND INFORMATION...

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE GRADUALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.



...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...

HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 13 FEET ON ALL EXPOSURES WILL GRADUALLY 

DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...BUT MAY LINGER A BIT LONGER ON 

NORTHWESTERN EXPOSURES DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM TYPHOON SONGDA. 



UP TO 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TODAY.



...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE FOR TYPHOON SONGDA.



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