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WHPQ40 PGUM 161713
CFWPQ 

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST SUN FEB 17 2013

.OVERVIEW...TRADE-WIND WAVES AND SWELL WILL MAINTAIN HAZARDOUS SURF 
ACROSS KOSRAE AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 

SWELL AND WIND WAVES GENERATED BY FRESH WINDS NORTH OF A TROPICAL 
DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO PROLONG HIGH SURF IN YAP STATE AND THE 
REPUBLIC OF PALAU INTO MONDAY.

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PMZ161-171-170500-
KOROR PALAU-YAP-
300 AM CHST SUN FEB 17 2013

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING REEFS...

HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG EAST FACING 
SHORES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THEN SURF IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY 
SUBSIDE AND COULD FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS ON MONDAY NIGHT.

AVOID VENTURING NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES...ESPECIALLY THOSE 
FACING EAST...AS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

$$

PMZ174-170500-
KOSRAE-
300 AM CHST SUN FEB 17 2013

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING REEFS...

HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL PERSIST ALONG EAST FACING SHORES 
AT LEAST THROUGH MIDWEEK.

AVOID VENTURING NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES...ESPECIALLY THOSE 
FACING EAST...AS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

$$

PMZ181-170500-
MAJURO-
300 AM CHST SUN FEB 17 2013

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING REEFS...

HAZARDOUS SURF OF 11 TO 13 FEET IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG EAST 
FACING SHORES THROUGH MONDAY. THEN SURF WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 12 AND 
14 FEET ON MONDAY NIGHT...AND REMAIN AT THESE LEVELS THROUGH MIDWEEK.

AVOID VENTURING NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES...ESPECIALLY THOSE 
FACING EAST...AS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

$$

CHAN