BREAKING NEWS: TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI UPDATE AS OF 2AM, OCT. 16, 2015

HERE IS THE LATEST INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W) AS RECEIVED FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GUAM AND COMPILED AT THE CNMI EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER:

TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI MOVING WEST.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA, TINIAN, SAIPAN, ALAMAGAN, PAGAN, AND AGRIHAN.

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS, INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR GREATER, ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 6 TO 12 HOURS.

A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN, PAGAN, AND ALAMAGAN. TYPHOON CONDITIONS, INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR GREATER, ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 24 HOURS.

AT 1AM CHST, TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 148.8 EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT:
215 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN
225 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TINIAN
275 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA
225 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN
245 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN
280 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN

TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W) IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 18 MPH. CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO RESUME MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS TRACK WOULD TAKE THE CENTER OF CHAMPI THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANAS NORTH OF ANATAHAN EARLY AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 60 MPH. TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON SOMETIMES TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER AND UP TO 115 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER.

SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT THE RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAS EXPANDED SOUTH OF THE CENTER.

BECAUSE OF THE ANTICIPATED THREAT OF TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W), GOV. ELOY S. INOS HAS MAINTAINED/UPGRADED THE FOLLOWING:

 TYPHOON CONDITION I FOR THE ISLANDS OF AGRIHAN, PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN (UPGRADED)

 TROPICAL STORM CONDITION I FOR THE ISLANDS OF SAIPAN AND TINIAN (UPGRADED)

 TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE ISLAND OF ROTA (MAINTAINED)

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES

 RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE PREPAREDNESS STEPS TO INCLUDE: SECURING LOOSE OBJECTS AROUND THE HOUSE AND/OR REMOVING AND SECURING OBJECTS TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING PICKED UP AND PROPELLED BY POSSIBLE, STRONG WINDS.

 RESIDENTS LIVING IN TENTS, DAMAGED HOMES, OR HOMES WITH COMPROMISED SAFETY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AND TO ANTICIPATE HEAVY RAIN, STRONG WINDS, AND POSSIBLE FLOODING.

 FOR MORE DETAILED PREPAREDNESS STEPS, PLEASE CALL THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AT 237-8000.