Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for OMA-19 in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands from 12 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC to 13 Feb 2019 06:00 UTC

GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters.

Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for OMA-19

in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands

13 Feb 2019 06 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

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

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	167 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (17 Feb 04:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (Solomon Is.)

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	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	167 km/h	0.2 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 290000 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	12 Feb 2019 00:00	93	190 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
2	12 Feb 2019 06:00	93	300 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
3	12 Feb 2019 12:00	102	280 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
4	12 Feb 2019 18:00	93	340 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
5	13 Feb 2019 00:00	93	320 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
6	13 Feb 2019 06:00	93	290 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia

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	12 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	15000 people	-14, 164.5	Vanuatu
2	12 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	160000 people	-13.7, 164.9	Solomon Islands
3	12 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	160000 people	-13.7, 165.5	Solomon Islands
4	12 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	200000 people	-14, 166	Solomon Islands
5	13 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	160000 people	-14.4, 166.1	Solomon Islands
6	13 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	170000 people	-14.6, 165.1	Solomon Islands
6	13 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	230000 people	-14.8, 165.5	Solomon Islands
6	14 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	230000 people	-15.3, 165.9	Vanuatu
6	14 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	230000 people	-16, 166.3	Vanuatu
6	15 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	79000 people	-16.7, 166.1	Vanuatu
6	16 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	34000 people	-18.4, 164.6	New Caledonia
6	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	34000 people	-19.6, 163.4	New Caledonia
6	18 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-21.3, 162.3

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
Vanuatu
Solomon Is.
New Caledonia

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Vanuatu	Vanuatu
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands
New Caledonia	New Caledonia

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Port-Vila		Vanuatu	Capital	36000 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)
Olpoi Nw Santo	OLJ	unknown				0
Torres	TOH	unknown				0
Santo Pekoa International	SON	56	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500
Big Bay	GBA	unknown				0
Walaha	WLH	unknown				0
Mota Lava	MTV	unknown				0
Redcliffe	RCL	unknown				0
Craig Cove	CCV	unknown				0
Longana	LOD	unknown				0
Maewo	MWF	unknown				0
South West Bay	SWJ	unknown				0
Sara	SSR	unknown				0
Santa Cruz	SCZ	unknown				0
Ulei	ULB	unknown				0
Lamen Bay	LNB	unknown				0
Valesdir	VLS	unknown				0
Epi	EPI	unknown				0
Sangafa		2	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200
Emae	EAE	unknown				0
Quine Hill	UIQ	unknown				0
Lamap	LPM	unknown				0
Port Vila Bauerfield	VLI	20	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500
Belep	BMY	unknown				0
Poum	PUV	unknown				0
Koumac	KOC	13	Civ.	Paved	No	3600
Hienghene	HNG	unknown				0
Touho	TOU	3	Civ.	Paved	No	3600
Kone	KNQ	7	Civ.	Paved	No	3200

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Hog Harbor		Vanuatu
Turtle Bay		Vanuatu
Santo	VUSAN	Vanuatu
Palikoulo Bay		Vanuatu
Banks Island		Vanuatu
Maewo Island		Vanuatu
Port Sandwich	VUPSA	Vanuatu
Pentecost Island		Vanuatu
Ambryn Island		Vanuatu
Peu		Soloman Islands
Graciosa Bay		Soloman Islands
Port Vila	VUVLI	Vanuatu
Forari Bay		Vanuatu
Babouillat		New Caledonia

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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

0.2 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.2m in Panane, New Caledonia. This height is estimated for 17 Feb 2019 04:00 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 (46 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 6 of 13 Feb 2019 06:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	17 Feb 2019 04:00	Panane	New Caledonia	0.2
	17 Feb 2019 04:00	Mouane	New Caledonia	0.2
	17 Feb 2019 04:00	Ono	New Caledonia	0.2
	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Poum-Plage	New Caledonia	0.2
	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Wala	New Caledonia	0.2
	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Bweo	New Caledonia	0.2
	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Pairome	New Caledonia	0.2
	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Arama	New Caledonia	0.2
	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Pam	New Caledonia	0.2
	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Tiabet	New Caledonia	0.1
	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Houone	New Caledonia	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 04:00	Segond	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 04:00	Luganville	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 17:00	Olo Olo	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 17:00	Tasiriki	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Poullappoe	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Menogoro	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Wunpuku	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Walpey	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Lolominiou	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Gavigamana	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Vipaka	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 17:00	Losoue	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 04:00	Palikoulo	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Nogugu	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Hokua	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Papoulassemouli	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Wonisule	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Vesalia	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Tasmate	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Wousi	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Takumuna	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Pualapa	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Wora	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Souleisere	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Piapouria	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Mae	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Tourebiou	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Lavatavo	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Iakobone	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 17:00	Wailapo	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Atsaritibi	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Robertsons	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Terou	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Worovok	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Ladhu	Vanuatu	0.1

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