SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN #15 FOR:Typhoon #OmpongPH

Tropical Cyclone: WARNING

ISSUED AT:5:00 AM, 15 September 2018

TYPHOON "OMPONG" IS NOW IN THE VICINITY OF BAGGAO, CAGAYAN AND IS HEADING TOWARDS APAYAO AND ILOCOS NORTE.

The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) enhanced by the typhoon will bring gusty winds with occasional moderate to heavy rains over Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, ARMM, and the rest of MIMAROPA and Bicol Region while scattered light to moderate to at times heavy rains over Eastern and Central Visayas. Residents in these areas, especially those living near river channels, in low-lying areas and in mountainous areas, are advised to take appropriate actions against possible flooding and landslides, coordinate with local disaster risk reduction and management offices, and to continue monitoring for updates.

Possible Storm surge height in surge prone areas: up to 6 meters in Cagayan and Ilocos Norte; up to 3 meters in Isabela; up to 2 meters in Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan.

Fisherfolks and those with small seacrafts are advised not to venture out over the seaboards of areas with TCWS and the seaboards of Luzon and of Visayas and northern and western seaboards of Mindanao.

TCWS elsewhere is now lowered.

Location of eye/center: At 4:00 AM today, the eye of Typhoon "OMPONG" was located based on all available data at In the vicinity of Baggao, Cagayan (17.9 °N, 121.8 °E)

Strength: Maximum sustained winds of 200 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 330 km/h

Forecast Movement: Moving West Northwest at 35 km/h

Forecast Positions:

24 Hour(Tomorrow morning): 580 km West of Basco, Batanes (OUTSIDE PAR)(19.6°N, 116.5°E)

48 Hour(Monday morning):1,220 km West of Basco, Batanes (OUTSIDE PAR)(21.9°N, 110.3°E)

72 Hour(Tuesday morning): 1,770 km West of Basco, Batanes (OUTSIDE PAR)(22.4°N, 105.0°E)

TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL

TCWS#4 (Winds of 171 - 220 kph is expected in at least 12 hrs)

Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, northern Isabela, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Babuyan Group of Islands

-Wave Height: (Open Sea) more than 14.0 meters

TCWS #3 (Winds of 121 -170 kph is expected in at least 18 hrs)

Batanes, southern Isabela, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Mountain Province, Benguet, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, northern Aurora

- Wave Height: (Open Sea) > 14.0 meters

TCWS#2 (61-120kph expected in 24 hrs)

Pangasinan, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, southern Aurora, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Northern Quezon incl. Polillo Is.

- Wave Height: (Open Sea) 4.1-14.0 meters

TCWS#1 (30-60kph expected in 36 hrs)

Bataan, Rizal, Metro Manila, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Rest of Quezon, Lubang Is.,Marinduque, Camarines Norte

-Wave Height: (Open Sea) 1.25-4.0 meters

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