REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCil

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines
NDRRMC UPDATE
Severe Weather Bulletin No. 17 re Typhoon "LAWIN" (Jelawat)
Releasing Officer:
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Exfcutive Dir1ctf.

and
Administrator, OCD
DATE : 25 September 2012, 5:00AM
Source: PAGASA-DOST
I. SITUATION OVERVIEW:
TYPHOON "LAWIN" CONTINUES TO GAIN STRENGTH AS IT MOVES CLOSER TO
THE CAGAYAN VALLEY AREA.
PAGASA Track as of 2 a.m., 25 September 2012 Satellite Picture at 4:32 a.m., 25 September 2012
Location of
Eye/Center:
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Coordinates:
Strength:
Movement:
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585 km East of Baler, Aurora
Maximum sustained winds of 195 kph near the center and
gustiness of up 230 kph
I North Northwest at 11 kph
Wednesday morning
425 KM of East of Tuguegarao City
Forecast Thursday morning
Positions/Outlook: 260 KM East of Calayan Island
Friday morning
I 15 KM North of Basco, Batanes
Telefax: NDRRMC Opcen (+632) 911-1406; 912-2665; 912-5668; NDRRMC Secretariat (+632) 912-0441; 912-5947;
Office of the Administrator, Office of Civil Defense ( +632) 912-2424
Email : opcen@ndrrmc.gov.ph Website: www.ndrrmc.gov.ph
Areas Having Public Storm Warning Signal
PSWS#
Signal No. 1
(Winds of 30-60 kph is expected within the
next 36 hours)
Luzon
lsabela and Cagayan including Calayan and
Babuyan Group of Islands
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 10-20 mm per hour (heavy-intense) within the 800 km
diameter of the Typhoon.
Southwest Monsoon enhanced by the Typhoon will continue to bring moderate to heavy
rains in Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the northern
and eastern seaboards of Luzon, and the seaboards of Visayas and Mindanao due to
big waves generated by Typhoon "LAWIN".
The public and the disaster coordinating councils concerned are advised to take
appropriate actions and watch for the next bulletin to be issued at 11 AM today.
II. ACTION/S TAKEN
NDRRMC Operations Center is on RED ALERT status to continuously monitor and
disseminate Severe Weather Bulletin No. 17 on Typhoon "LAWIN" to all OCD
Regional Centers through SMS and facsimile and uploaded on the NDRRMC website for
further dissemination to their respective local disaster risk reduction and management
councils (LDRRMCs) from the provincial down to the municipal levels
Directed RDRRMCs concerned through the OCD Regional Centers to undertake
precautionary measures in their area of responsibility (AOR) and subsequently advised
local DRRMCs to initiate pre-emptive evacuation of families in low-lying and mountainous
areas if situation warrants
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