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Office of the Governor HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Honorable Ralph DLG. Torres, Governor Gerald J. Deleon Guerrero, Special Assistant

Honorable Arnold I. Palacios, Lieutenant Governor TYPHOON WUTIP 02W BULLETIN #09A DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2019 TIME: 11:45 AM

BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE -TIYAN AND COMPILED AT THE CNMI EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER-STATE WARNING POINT: ...TYPHOON WUTIP MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST...

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY ------NONE.

WATCHES AND WARNINGS ------A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM AND ROTA IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS AND FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR , , PAGAN AND AGRIHAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

SUMMARY OF 1100 AM CHST...0100 UTC...INFORMATION ------LOCATION...10.8N 143.6E

ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM ABOUT 255 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ROTA ABOUT 320 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN ABOUT 330 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 405 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ANATAHAN ABOUT 495 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST...340 DEGREES AT 12 MPH

DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ------AT 1100 AM CHST...0100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON WUTIP WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.6 DEGREES EAST. WUTIP IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A SLIGHT TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 120 MPH. WUTIP IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER UP TO 60 MILES. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER UP TO 190 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST AND UP TO 155 MILES ELSEWHERE.

BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED THREAT OF TYPHOON WUTIP (02W), ACTING GOVERNOR ARNOLD I. PALACIOS HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AS OF 11:00 AM.

MAINTAINS:  TROPICAL STORM CONDITION II: ROTA (TROPICAL STORM CONDITION II MEANS THAT DAMAGING WINDS OF 39-73 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS)

 TROPICAL STORM CONDITION III: SAIPAN, TINIAN, PAGAN, AND AGRIHAN (TROPICAL STORM CONDITION III MEANS THAT DAMAGING WINDS OF 39-73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS)

THE CNMI EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER STATE WARNING POINT WILL BE MONITORING THE MOVEMENT OF TYPHOON WUTIP (02W) AND WILL BE ISSUING OUT BULLETINS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON UPDATES TO WEATHER FORECASTS AND STAY INFORMED ON THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND ADVISORIES WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST ON 162.5 MEGAHERTZ, OR CALL CNMI EOC STATE WARNING POINT AT 237-8000 OR 664-8000, AND FOR THE NORTHERN ISLANDS TO CONTACT CNMI EOC STATE WARNING POINT AT HIGH FREQUENCY SINGLE SIDE BAND RADIO ON FREQUENCY 5.205.0.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED AT 200 PM, FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE BULLETIN AT 500 PM.

EOC WARNING OFFICERS: JN/IL/DC

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