BULLETIN NO. 12

BREAKING NEWS: TYPHOON SOUDELOR 13W

DATE: AUGUST 02, 2015 TIME: 8:00 PM
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HERE IS THE LATEST INFORMATION ON TYPHOON 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 TYPHOON SOUDELOR 13W, ACTING GOVERNOR RALPH DLG. TORRES HAS MAINTAINED TYPHOON CONDITION I FOR THE ISLANDS OF SAIPAN AND TINIAN, TYPHOON CONDITION III FOR THE ISLANDS OF AGRIHAN, ALAMAGAN, PAGAN AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITION I FOR THE ISLAND OF ROTA AS OF 8:00 PM THIS EVENING.

…TYPHOON SOUDELOR SLOWS DOWN AS IT APPROACHES TINIAN AND SAIPAN…

AT 700 PM THIS EVENING CHST 0900 UTC THE CENTER OF TYPHOON SOUDELOR WAS LOCATED BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.5 DEGREES EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT:

55 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN

60 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN

100 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA

205 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMAGAN

235 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN

280 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN

SOUDELOR NOW MOVING NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH. SOUDELOR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWEST DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS ON A TRACK THAT WOULD TAKE IT OVER SAIPAN LATER THIS EVENING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 75 MPH. SOUDELOR IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE AND 60 MILES IN THE SOUTH SEMICIRCLE.

THE CNMI EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WILL BE MONITORING THE MOVEMENT OF TYPHOON 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.

Jayvee Vallejera Vallejera
Jayvee Vallejera is a 21-year journalism veteran and has been with Saipan Tribune for 14 years.
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