Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for KATIA-17
in Mexico

Impact

Tropical Cyclone KATIA-17 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source GDACS
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population 520 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 176 km/h
Maximum storm surge 0.4 m (09 Sep 05:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

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 148 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 1.5
Overall 176 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 1.5

Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

Wind

148 km/h Current Max.

Up to 840000 people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
Tropical Storm or higher
Population in
Cat 1. or higher
Countries
Green 1 05 Sep 2017 21:00 102 3 million No people Mexico
Green 2 06 Sep 2017 03:00 111 6.5 million No people Mexico
Green 3 06 Sep 2017 09:00 111 20.4 million No people Mexico
Green 4 06 Sep 2017 15:00 120 2.1 million No people Mexico
Orange 5 06 Sep 2017 21:00 148 4.1 million 840 thousand Mexico

Bulletin Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Category
(SSHS)
Max winds
(km/h)
Population in
Cat.1 or higher
Population in
Tropical Storm
or higher
Location (lat, lon) Countries
GREEN
1 05 Sep 2017 21:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 22.4, -96.7
GREEN
2 06 Sep 2017 03:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 22.2, -96.4
GREEN
3 06 Sep 2017 09:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people 22.1, -96.3
GREEN
4 06 Sep 2017 15:00 Tropical storm 74 no people no people 21.7, -95.9
GREEN
5 06 Sep 2017 21:00 Category 1 120 no people no people 21.7, -95.1
GREEN
5 07 Sep 2017 06:00 Category 1 130 no people no people 21.5, -94.7
GREEN
5 07 Sep 2017 18:00 Category 1 139 no people no people 21.3, -94.7
GREEN
5 08 Sep 2017 06:00 Category 1 148 no people 29000 people 21.1, -95 Mexico
ORANGE
5 08 Sep 2017 18:00 Category 1 148 850000 people 4.1 million people 20.9, -95.9 Mexico
GREEN
5 09 Sep 2017 18:00 Tropical depression 46 no people no people 19.5, -98 Mexico
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
Mexico

Provinces

Region Province Country
Veracruz Mexico
Puebla Mexico
Tlaxcala Mexico

Populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population
Tlapacoyan Veracruz Mexico City 33000 people
Teziutl�n Puebla Mexico City 60000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year
La Soledad Apulco 1962

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  0.4m in Monte Gordo, Mexico. This height is estimated for 09 Sep 2017 05:00 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 (16 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 5 of 06 Sep 2017 21:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
09 Sep 2017 05:00 Monte Gordo Mexico  0.4
09 Sep 2017 05:00 La Guadalupe Mexico  0.4
09 Sep 2017 04:00 Tecolutla Mexico  0.3
09 Sep 2017 04:00 Nautla Mexico  0.3
09 Sep 2017 04:00 Tenixtepec Mexico  0.3
09 Sep 2017 01:00 Laja Mexico  0.2
09 Sep 2017 02:00 Tamiahua Mexico  0.2
09 Sep 2017 03:00 El Laurel Mexico  0.1
08 Sep 2017 20:00 El Tular Mexico  0.1
08 Sep 2017 19:00 La Mata Mexico  0.1
08 Sep 2017 23:00 El Naranjal Mexico  0.1
09 Sep 2017 04:00 Cabo Rojito Mexico  0.1
08 Sep 2017 18:00 Agua Dulce Mexico  0.1
09 Sep 2017 02:00 Vega de Alatorre Mexico  0.1
09 Sep 2017 00:00 Emilio Carranza Mexico  0.1
06 Sep 2017 16:00 La Presita Mexico  0.1