NWS Tiyan GUEW.W 0005April 15, 2026
Extreme Wind Warning: Saipan and Tinian, MP
The National Weather Service office in Tiyan issued an extreme wind warning for Saipan and Tinian in Northern Mariana Islands, which was in force until 5:00 a.m. local time on April 15. It was the 5th extreme wind warning the NWS office in Tiyan issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tiyan GU
- Area
- Saipan and Tinian
- State
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:59 a.m. UTC+10, April 15, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 a.m. UTC+10, April 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- PGUM EW.W 0005
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
EWWGUM The National Weather Service in Tiyan Guam has issued a * Extreme Wind Warning for... Saipan Tinian * Until 500 AM ChST. * At 256 AM ChST, surface observations indicated gusts of 116 mph, associated with the eastern eyewall of Typhoon Sinlaku as winds have shifted to the south across Tinian and Saipan. The eye is moving northwest at about 6 mph. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION!
What the agency told people to do
The safest place to be during a major landfalling hurricane is in a reinforced interior room away from windows. Get under a table or other piece of sturdy furniture. Use mattresses, blankets or pillows to cover your head and body. Remain in place through the passage of these life-threatening conditions.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.