I got this via e-mail at about 11:00 PM

I got this via e-mail at about 11:00 PM

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NW Pacific: Storm Alert issued at 9 Jul, 2014 12:00 GMT

Tropical Storm NEOGURI (08W) currently located near 31.8 N 127.8 E is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s): – snip – Yellow Alert City(s) and Town(s) – snip – Kumamoto (32.7 N, 130.7 E) probability for TS is 85% within 12 hours – snip – Note that Yellow Alert (Elevated) is CAT 1 or above to between 10% and 30% probability, or TS to above 50% probability. CAT 1 means Typhoon strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained. TS means Tropical Storm strength winds of at least 39 mph, 63 km/h or 34 knots 1-min sustained.