WTAX40 LIJR 300935 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 CHAPALA-15 * ***************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE CHAPALA-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 6. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 240.74 KM/H) -ON 30 OCT 2015 00:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS N/A -VULNERABILITY: NO 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/1000233/RAIN_1000233_6.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.1 M IN QAYSAD (OMAN). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 11/1/2015 6:00:00 PM 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 2 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 64.20/13.50 3 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 63.80/13.80 4 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A 63.10/14.20 5 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 62.30/14.30 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A 61.80/14.20 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 214 0 N/A 60.50/14.30 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 N/A 59.20/14.30 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 242 0 N/A 57.90/14.40 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 242 0 N/A 56.40/14.60 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 214 0 N/A 53.50/15.20 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 N/A 50.90/16.20 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 09:35 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 49.40/18.20 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 6 OF 30 OCT 2015 00:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 01 NOV 2015 18:00 QAYSAD OMAN 0.1 01 JAN 0001 00:00 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000233$AND;EPISODEID=6 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 WTAX40 LIJR 301225 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG) ****************************************************** * ORANGE ALERT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE CHAPALA-15 * ****************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE CHAPALA-15 CAN HAVE A MEDIUM HUMANITARIAN IMPACT BASED ON THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED AND THE AFFECTED POPULATION AND THEIR VULNERABILITY. UPDATED: THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 6. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 212.96 KM/H) -ON 30 OCT 2015 00:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 60 K -VULNERABILITY: HIGH 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/1000233/RAIN_1000233_6.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.7 M IN NISHTUN (YEMEN). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 11/2/2015 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 2 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 64.20/13.50 3 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 63.80/13.80 4 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A 63.10/14.20 5 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 62.30/14.30 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A 61.80/14.20 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 214 0 N/A 60.50/14.30 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 N/A 59.20/14.30 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 242 0 N/A 57.90/14.40 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 242 0 N/A 56.40/14.60 6 ORANGE 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 214 0 50 K 53.50/15.20 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 10K 50.90/16.20 6 GREEN 30 OCT 2015 12:25 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 49.40/18.20 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 6 OF 30 OCT 2015 00:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 02 NOV 2015 09:00 NISHTUN YEMEN 0.7 02 NOV 2015 10:00 HAYRUT YEMEN 0.5 02 NOV 2015 10:00 TABUT YEMEN 0.5 02 NOV 2015 10:00 HASWAYN YEMEN 0.4 02 NOV 2015 11:00 AL FAYDAMI YEMEN 0.2 02 NOV 2015 15:00 QISHN YEMEN 0.2 02 NOV 2015 10:00 JARUB YEMEN 0.2 02 NOV 2015 10:00 ABD ALLAH GH YEMEN 0.2 02 NOV 2015 11:00 SAQR YEMEN 0.2 02 NOV 2015 15:00 ITAB YEMEN 0.1 01 NOV 2015 22:00 ARAFT OMAN 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$AND;EVENTID=1000233$AND;EPISODEID=6 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