TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING: TROPICAL DEPRESSION “AURING”
ISSUED AT 11:00 AM, 03 JANUARY 2013
(Valid for broadcast until the next bulletin to be issued at 5 PM tomorrow)
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA (LPA) OVER NORTHERN MINDANAOHAS DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND WAS NAMED “AURING”.
Location of eye/center: At 10:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression “AURING” was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 50 km West of Dipolog City (8.5°N, 122.9°E).
Strength: Maximum winds of 55 kph near the center.
Movement: Forecast to move West at 28 kph.
Forecast Positions: Tropical Depression “AURING” is expected to be at 180 km Southwest of Puerto Princesa City tomorrow morning and at 460 km West of Puerto Princesa City by tomorrow evening or outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
Public Storm Warning Signal #1:
(Winds of 30-60 kph is expected within the next 36 hours)
Luzon: Palawan
Visayas: Southern part of Negros provinces and Siquijor Island
Mindanao: Lanao Del Norte, Lanao Del Sur, Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay
•Residents living in low lying and mountainous areas under public storm warning signal #1 are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides. Estimated rainfall amount is from 5 – 15 mm per hour (moderate - heavy) within the 250 km diameter of the Tropical Depression.
•Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the eastern seaboards of the country and over the northern and western seaboards of Northern Luzon due to the Northeast Monsoon and over the western seaboard of Visayas and Mindanao due to the Tropical Depression.
•The public and the disaster coordinating councils concerned are advised to take appropriate actions and watch for the next bulletin to be issued at 5 PM today.
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