Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for PRISCILLA-19
in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone PRISCILLA-19 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000620
Name PRISCILLA-19
From - To 20 Oct - 21 Oct
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 65 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h n.a. n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 76 km/h 0.4 m 527 mm 0.5
GFS 61 km/h 0.2 m 221 mm 0.5
ECMWF 65 km/h 0.2 m 481 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 50 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

NASA Catches Short-lived Tropical Storm Priscilla’s Landfall in MexicoTue, 22 Oct 2019 05:09:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Priscilla was short-lived because it formed on Sunday, Oct. 20 very close to the coast of western Mexico and made landfall that same day. Tropical Storm Priscilla was short-lived because it formed on Sunday, Oct. 20 very cl
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NASA catches short-lived Tropical Storm Priscilla's landfall in MexicoMon, 21 Oct 2019 21:33:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Priscilla was short-lived because it formed on Sunday, Oct. 20 very close to the coast of western Mexico and made landfall that same day. NASA's Terra satellite provided a visible picture of the storm as it was making landfal
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Hurricane tracker: Which SIX barrelling systems are churning right now ... Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:53:00 +0200.

Over the course of the 2019 Pacific and Atlantic hurricane seasons, there have been seven major and five minor hurricanes, 32 tropical storms and 36 tropical depressions. These storms have led to the loss of more than 100 lives with the str
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Former TS Priscilla dissipates after coming ashore in MexicoMon, 21 Oct 2019 06:05:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY Former Tropical Storm Priscilla pushed onto Mexico’s southwestern coast Sunday and then broke up while moving over land, but it still posed a threat of heavy rains that could cause flooding and mudslides. The U.S. National Hurri
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),