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Final warning has been issued for Tropical Depression Fung-wong, which is motoring quickly southeast of Okinawa, having weakened into a tropical depression.

Final warning has been issued for Tropical Depression Fung-wong, which is motoring quickly southeast of Okinawa, having weakened into a tropical depression. (Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

11 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, Japan time: Fung-wong has weakened into a tropical depression, passing southeast of Okinawa at high speed and forecast to dissipate in the coming hours.

At 9 p.m. Japan time, Fung-wong was about 35 miles east-southeast of Kadena Air Base, hurtling east-northeast at 30 mph with 35-mph sustained winds and 45-mph gusts at center. U.S. bases on Okinawa remain in seasonal Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 4.

A heavy rain, thunderstorm, flood and gale advisory and a high-wave warning remain in effect for Okinawa by Japan Meteorological Agency. Expect showers, heavy at times, with scattered thunderstorms, particularly late Thursday into Friday morning as Fung-wong passes. This is the final report.

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Dave Ornauer has been employed by or assigned to Stars and Stripes Pacific almost continuously since March 5, 1981. He covers interservice and high school sports at DODEA-Pacific schools and manages the Pacific Storm Tracker.

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