Special Marine Warning for Rota Coastal Waters; Tinian Coastal Waters
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Rota Coastal Waters, Tinian Coastal Waters
- Effective
- Ended
- Official severity
- Severe
- Official urgency
- Immediate
- Official certainty
- Likely
What is happening
SMWGUM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN GUAM HAS ISSUED A
What the bulletin says to do
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE EXPECTED. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. WIND GUSTS 30 KNOTS OR GREATER...SMALL HAIL...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
Full official description
Bulletin details
SMWGUM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN GUAM HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... ROTA COASTAL WATERS... TINIAN COASTAL WATERS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CHST. * AT 945 PM CHST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL COASTAL WATERS OF ROTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 KNOTS. HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS...WIND GUSTS 30 KNOTS OR GREATER...AND SMALL HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR. IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Special Marine Warning issued August 16 at 9:45PM ChST until August 16 at 10:30PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
Official revision
Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Tiyan GU. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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