Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for KIRK-18 in Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados from 22 Sep 2018 15:00 UTC to 23 Sep 2018 15:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KIRK-18

in Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados

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Impact Single TC

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HWRF
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Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone KIRK-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	93 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.4 m (27 Sep 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
For more info on GDACS alert score click here.

	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	93 km/h	0.5 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	93 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

93 km/h Current Max.

Up to 560000 people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Max Winds (km/h)	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Population in Cat 1. or higher	Countries
1	22 Sep 2018 15:00	93	No people	No people
2	22 Sep 2018 21:00	93	290 thousand	No people	Barbados
3	23 Sep 2018 03:00	93	290 thousand	No people	Barbados
4	23 Sep 2018 09:00	93	480 thousand	No people	Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada
5	23 Sep 2018 15:00	93	560 thousand	No people	Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Bulletin Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Category (SSHS)	Max winds (km/h)	Population in Cat.1 or higher	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Location (lat, lon)	Countries
1	22 Sep 2018 15:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	8.3, -23.6
2	22 Sep 2018 21:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	8.6, -24.8
3	23 Sep 2018 03:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	9, -26.4
4	23 Sep 2018 09:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	9.1, -28
5	23 Sep 2018 15:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	9.3, -30.2
5	24 Sep 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	9.8, -33.2
5	24 Sep 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	10.2, -37.3
5	25 Sep 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	no people	10.5, -41.5
5	25 Sep 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	no people	10.7, -45.6
5	26 Sep 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	11.2, -52.4
5	27 Sep 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	560000 people	12.3, -57.5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
5	28 Sep 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	13.5, -62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Actual track of the current bulletin

The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.

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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Countries

Country
Barbados
St. Lucia
St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Barbados	Barbados
St. Lucia	Saint Lucia
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Bridgetown	Saint Michael	Barbados	Capital	97000 people
Castries	Castries	St. Lucia	Capital	13000 people
Kingstown	Saint George	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Capital	18000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)
Grantley Adams International	BGI	52	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11000
Hewanorra International	UVF	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000
Vigie	SLU	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6200
E T Joshua	SVD	20	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4600
J F Mitchell		4	Civ.	Paved	No	3600
Canouan		5	Civ.	Paved	No	3600
Palm Island	PLI	unknown				0
Union Island	UNI	unknown				0
Carriacou	CRU	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Bridgetown	BBBGI	Barbados
Speightstown		Barbados
Vieux Fort		Saint Lucia
Castries	LCSLU	Saint Lucia
Cul de Sac Bay	LCCDS	Saint Lucia
Kingstown	VCKTN	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Admiralty Bay		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

0.4 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.5m in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. This height is estimated for 27 Sep 2018 12:00 UTC .

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Locations affected by Storm surge (87 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 5 of 23 Sep 2018 15:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	27 Sep 2018 12:00	San Fernando	Trinidad and Tobago	0.5
	27 Sep 2018 12:00	Plaisance	Trinidad and Tobago	0.4
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Point Fortin	Trinidad and Tobago	0.4
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Parry Lands	Trinidad and Tobago	0.4
	27 Sep 2018 12:00	Palencho	Venezuela	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 12:00	La Lune	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	California	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Hermitage	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Cacandee Settlement	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Irois	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Carapichaima	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	26 Sep 2018 14:00	Burnside	Suriname	0.3
	26 Sep 2018 14:00	Totness	Suriname	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Fullarton	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Coromandel Settlement	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Chatham	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Los Bajos	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Cabo Blanco	Venezuela	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	La Esmeralda	Venezuela	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Port-of-Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Guaca	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	San Juan de las Galdonas	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Carupano	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Puerto Santo	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	San Juan	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Morne Diablo	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	26 Sep 2018 12:00	Nieuw Amsterdam	Suriname	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Soledad	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 10:00	Redhead	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Unare	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Blanchisseuse	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Barcelona	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Caimancito	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Rio Caribe	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Grande Riviere	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Matelot	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Dibe	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Puerto Piritu	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 09:00	San Francique	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 09:00	Rampanalgas	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Coolie Block	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Macuro	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Salibea	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Puerto Escondido	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	La Retraite	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Las Cuevas	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	El Morro de Barcelona	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	No Alonso	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Mount Pleasant	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2
	26 Sep 2018 12:00	Nieuw Nickerie	Suriname	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Puerto la Cruz	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	El Chaure	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	La Uva	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Guamache	Venezuela	0.2
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Cardoncito	Venezuela	0.2
	26 Sep 2018 13:00	Hamilton	Suriname	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Agua Fria	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	La Pastora	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Arapo	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Santa Fe	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Piedras Negras	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Belle Garden	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Speyside	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	El Jose	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	La Guardia	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Altagracia	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Unare	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Scarborough	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Porlamar	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	San Pedro de Coche	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	San Antonio	Venezuela	0.1
	26 Sep 2018 19:00	Hackney	Guyana	0.1
	26 Sep 2018 20:00	La Linea	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Chacachacare	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 05:00	Soburojo	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 14:00	Puerto de Hierro	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	Pampatar	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Ariota	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Castara	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Punta de Piedras	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Manzanillo	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Paraguchi	Venezuela	0.1
	24 Sep 2018 01:00	Colonia do Pescadores	Brazil	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 13:00	El Yaque	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	El Guamache	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	San Antonio	Venezuela	0.1
	27 Sep 2018 15:00	Mariguitar	Venezuela	0.1

Disclaimer
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