WTIO40 LIJR 282111 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG) ******************************************************** * GREEN ALERT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE TWENTYFOUR-15 * ******************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE TWENTYFOUR-15 CAN HAVE A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT BASED ON THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED AND THE AFFECTED POPULATION AND THEIR VULNERABILITY. UPDATED: THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 111.11 KM/H) -ON 28 APR 2015 18:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS N/A -VULNERABILITY: LOW EXTREME RAIN -------------- POTENTIAL RAINFALL IS CALCULATED BASED ON RAINFALL OBSERVED BY SEVERAL MICROWAVE SATELLITE SENSORS. THE IMAGE SHOWS THE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CYCLONE: HTTP://DMA.GDACS.ORG/SAVED/GDACS/TC/1000161/RAIN_1000161_1.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.4 M IN LEARMONTH (AUSTRALIA). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 5/2/2015 9:00:00 AM UTC. DETAILS =========== EVENT TIME LINE ---------------- THE STORM EVOLUTION IS SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW. ALERT LEVELS AND POPULATION ESTIMATES ARE RELATED TO THE AREA FROM A POINT TO THE NEXT. ADV. ALERT COL DATE UTC CATEGORY SPEED GUSTS POPULATION LAT/LON (WIND IN KM/H) AFFECTED 1 GREEN 28 APR 2015 21:11 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 109.40/-15.40 1 GREEN 28 APR 2015 21:11 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 109.10/-16.20 1 GREEN 28 APR 2015 21:11 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 109.30/-17.10 1 GREEN 28 APR 2015 21:11 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 109.90/-18.20 1 GREEN 28 APR 2015 21:11 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 111.40/-20.30 1 GREEN 28 APR 2015 21:11 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 113.80/-23.60 1 GREEN 28 APR 2015 21:11 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 47 0 N/A 117.50/-25.80 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1 OF 28 APR 2015 18:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 02 MAY 2015 09:00 LEARMONTH AUSTRALIA 0.4 02 MAY 2015 16:00 CARDABIA AUSTRALIA 0.3 01 MAY 2015 22:00 MARDIE AUSTRALIA 0.3 02 MAY 2015 11:00 GLENROY AUSTRALIA 0.2 02 MAY 2015 18:00 WARROORA AUSTRALIA 0.2 02 MAY 2015 08:00 EXMOUTH AUSTRALIA 0.2 02 MAY 2015 04:00 COSSACK AUSTRALIA 0.2 02 MAY 2015 04:00 POINT SAMSON AUSTRALIA 0.2 02 MAY 2015 04:00 WICKHAM AUSTRALIA 0.2 02 MAY 2015 03:00 EAST LEWIS I AUSTRALIA 0.2 02 MAY 2015 15:00 NINGALOO AUSTRALIA 0.1 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000161$AND;EPISODEID=1 JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC-EC) - OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UN-OCHA) ________________________________________ DISCLAIMER WHILE WE TRY EVERYTHING TO ENSURE ACCURACY, THIS INFORMATION IS PURELY INDICATIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY DECISION MAKING WITHOUT ALTERNATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION. THE JRC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON GDACS WEBSITE. PLEASE REFER TO THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR SUBSCRIBING OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ALERT EMAIL OR SMS SERVICE. END OF TROPICAL CYCLONE MESSAGE 001