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BULLETIN NO. 08
BREAKING NEWS: TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR 13W
DATE: AUGUST 02, 2015 TIME: 8:00 AM
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Posted on Aug 02 2015
HERE IS THE LATEST INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR 13W AS RECEIVED FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GUAM AND COMPILED AT THE CNMI HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, THEREFORE, BECAUSE OF THE ANTICIPATED THREAT OF TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR 13W, ACTING GOVERNOR RALPH DLG. TORRES HAS UPGRADED THE ISLANDS OF SAIPAN AND TINIAN TO TYPHOON CONDITION I, AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE ISLAND OF ROTA AND MAINTAINED TYPHOON CONDITION III FOR THE ISLANDS OF AGRIHAN, ALAMAGAN, AND PAGAN AS OF 8:00 AM THIS MORNING.
…TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR INTENSIFIES AS IT APPROACHES THE MARIANAS…
AT 700 AM THIS MORNING CHST…2100 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 149.1 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT:
230 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN
235 MILES EAST OF TINIAN
260 MILES EAST OF ROTA
310MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN
335MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN
375 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN
SOUDELOR STILL MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. SOUDELOR IS STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE IN A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWEST DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS ON A TRACK THAT WOULD TAKE IT VERY CLOSE TO SAIPAN THIS EVENING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 60 MPH. TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND MAY BECOME A TYPHOON LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE AND 75 MILES IN THE SOUTH SEMICIRCLE.
THE CNMI EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WILL BE MONITORING THE MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL STORM SOUDELOR 13W AND WILL BE ISSUING BULLETINS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE OFFICIAL BULLETINS WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST ON 162.5 MEGAHERTZ OR CALL CNMI EOC DISPATCH CENTER AT 237-8000 OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.cnmihsem.gov.mp , AND FOR THE NORTHERN ISLANDS TO CONTACT CNMI EOC DISPATCH CENTER AT HIGH FREQUENCY SINGLE SIDE BAND RADIO ON FREQUENCY 5.205.0.
