NWS Tiyan GUEW.W 0006April 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 7:15 a.m. local time on April 15. It was the 6th 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
- 5:14 a.m. UTC+10, April 15, 2026
- Expires
- 7:15 a.m. UTC+10, April 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- PGUM EW.W 0006
- 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 715 AM ChST. * At 510 AM ChST, surface observations indicated extreme winds, associated with the eyewall of Typhoon Sinlaku. the typhoon eyewall was moving northwest at 5 mph. Saipan and Tinian are currently in the eyewall east of the eye according to satellite imagery. 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.