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CFWPQ 
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
500 AM CHST SUN MAY 11 2008
.OVERVIEW...LARGE SOUTHWEST SWELLS GENERATED BY SUPER TYPHOON 
RAMMASUN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT WEST AND SOUTH FACING SHORES OF 
PALAU AND YAP THIS MORNING. THE SWELLS WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY 
TODAY AND ALLOW SURF HEIGHTS TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS 
AFTERNOON.
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KOROR PALAU-YAP-
500 AM CHST SUN MAY 11 2008
...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH SOUTH AND WEST 
FACING SHORES...
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU...THIS INCLUDES BABELDAOB ISLAND... 
KOROR...ROCK ISLANDS...PELELIU...ANGAUR AND THE SONSOROL ISLANDS.
FOR YAP STATE...THIS INCLUDES YAP PROPER...NGULU ATOLL...ULITHI 
ATOLL...FAIS ISLAND AND SOROL ATOLL.
LATEST WAVE MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES SOUTHWEST SWELLS OF 6 TO 8 FEET 
CURRENTLY ARRIVING IN PALAU AND YAP COASTAL WATERS. SWELLS THIS HIGH 
WILL GENERATE SURF AT 8 TO 10 FEET THIS MORNING. AS SUPER TYPHOON 
RAMMASUN CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD...THE SOUTHWEST SWELLS ARE 
EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE. AS A RESULT...SURF IS FORECAST TO DROP BELOW 
ADVISORY CRITERIA BEFORE SUNSET.
AVOID VENTURING NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES...ESPECIALLY THOSE 
FACING SOUTH AND WEST...AS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.
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BAQUI