NWS Tiyan GUEW.W 0004April 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 3:00 a.m. local time on April 15. It was the 4th extreme wind warning the NWS office in Tiyan issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3 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
- 12:02 a.m. UTC+10, April 15, 2026
- Expires
- 3:00 a.m. UTC+10, April 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- PGUM EW.W 0004
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
NWS notices, April 2026The latest from the National Weather Service
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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 300 AM ChST. * At 1154 PM ChST, Andersen AFB Doppler radar indicated extreme winds, associated with the eyewall of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, with the eye passing over Tinian and Saipan. Super Typhoon Sinlaku is moving around 5 mph according the radar. Winds may become relatively calm in the eye but extremely dangerous winds will soon return on the back side of Super Typhoon Sinlaku. 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. Do not venture out into the relative calm of the eye if it pass over you. Extremely dangerous winds will soon return on the back side of Super Typhoon Sinlaku.
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.