SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER THIRTEEN TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING: TYPHOON #HenryPH (MATMO) ISSUED AT 11:00 AM, 22 JULY 2014
PAGASA-DOST — Location of eye/center: At 10:00 AM today, the eye of Typhoon “HENRY” was located based on all available data at 170 km East Northeast of Basco, Batanes (21.1°N, 123.7°E).
Strength: Maximum sustained winds of 140 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph.
Movement: Forecast to move Northwest at 24 kph.
Forecast Positions: Typhoon “HENRY” is expected to be at 470 km Basco, Batanes or outside the Philippines Area of Responsibility (PAR) by tomorrow morning.
• PSWS #2 (Winds of 61-100 kph is expected in at least 24 hrs) Batanes Group of Islands.
• PSWS #1 (Winds of 30-60 kph is expected in at least 36 hours) Cagayan including Babuyan and Calayan Group of Islands.
• Estimated rainfall amount is from 7.5 – 15 mm per hour (moderate – heavy) within the 600 km diameter of the Typhoon.
• HENRY is expected to bring moderate to occasionally heavy rains over Ilocos Region, CAR and Cagayan Valley and the provinces of Zambales and Bataan while the rest of Luzon and Western Visayas will experience monsoon rains.
• Fisherfolks and those with small seacrafts are advised not to venture out over the seaboards of Luzon and Visayas.
• The public and the disaster risk reduction and management council concerned are advised to take appropriate actions and watch for the next bulletin to be issued at 5 PM today. PAGASA-DOST