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SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER 10 FOR NORTHERN COOKS ON TROPICAL
CYCLONE WATI ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI
OCT 170159 UTC.
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING 
A STORM WARNING IS IN FORCE FOR SUWARROW.
A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN
COOKS. 
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATI CENTRE [993 HPA] WAS LOCATED NEAR 12.3 DEGREES
SOUTH 163.6 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 110 KILOMETRES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
SUWARROW AT 2PM TODAY. WATI HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 85
KILOMETRES CLOSE TO ITS CENTRE WITH GUSTS TO 120 KILOMETRES. WATI IS
GRADUALLY MOVING SOUT-SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KM/HR. 
ON THE FORECAST TRACK, TC WATI CENTRE IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 15KM 
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SUWARROW BY AROUND 11PM TODAY AND ABOUT 170KM
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SUWARROW BY 11AM TOMORROW.   
FOR SUWARROW:
DAMAGING TO DESTRUCTIVE FORCE WINDS WITH AVERAGE SPEEDS OF 95KM/HR
AND MOMENTARY GUSTS OF 130KM/HR IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT SUWARROW
THROUGH TODAY UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. 
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. 
HIGH SEAS WITH DAMAGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELLS WITH RISK OF COASTAL
INUNDATION DURING HIGH TIDES.
FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN COOK ISLANDS:
FRESH TO STRONG WINDS 40 TO 55 KILOMETRES WITH GUSTS TO 75
KILOMETRES. PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WITH SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
SWELLS.
THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 0730PM TODAY
[OR 170530 UTC] OR EARLIER.