WWKU40 NFFN 170300 SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER 11 FOR NORTHERN COOKS ON TROPICAL CYCLONE WATI ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI OCT 170531 UTC. TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR SUWARROW. A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN COOKS. TROPICAL CYCLONE WATI CENTRE [991 HPA] WAS LOCATED NEAR 12.3 DEGREES SOUTH 163.4 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 108 KILOMETRES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SUWARROW AT 5PM TODAY. WATI HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 85 KILOMETRES CLOSE TO ITS CENTRE WITH GUSTS TO 120 KILOMETRES. WATI IS GRADUALLY MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 5 KM/HR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, TC WATI CENTRE IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 37KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SUWARROW BY AROUND 2AM TOMORROW AND ABOUT 185KM SOUTH OF SUWARROW BY 2PM 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 1030PM TODAY [OR 170830 UTC] OR EARLIER.