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 12:00 UTC

GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve awareness, 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 12 UTC

click on

to select bulletin time

Meteorological source:

GDACS JTWC

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 (14 Feb 23:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (Solomon Is.)

GDACS Score

GDACS score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Level), 1.5 (ORANGE Level), 2.5 (RED Level)
For more info on GDACS core click here.

	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	111 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

TOP

Wind

111 km/h Current Max.

Up to 230000 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
7	13 Feb 2019 12:00	111	230 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
7	13 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	200000 people	-14, 165	Solomon Islands
7	14 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	180000 people	-14.3, 165.4	Solomon Islands
7	14 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	160000 people	-14.8, 165.9	Solomon Islands
7	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	150000 people	-15.4, 166.2	Vanuatu
7	15 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	140000 people	-16.1, 166.1	Vanuatu
7	16 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	18000 people	-17.4, 165.1	New Caledonia
7	17 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	24000 people	-19, 163.6	New Caledonia
7	18 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	no people	-20.6, 162.4

Actual track of the current bulletin

The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.

Download:

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

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)
Torres	TOH	unknown				0
Olpoi Nw Santo	OLJ	unknown				0
Santo Pekoa International	SON	56	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500
Mota Lava	MTV	unknown				0
Walaha	WLH	unknown				0
Santa Cruz	SCZ	unknown				0
Big Bay	GBA	unknown				0
Redcliffe	RCL	unknown				0
Maewo	MWF	unknown				0
Longana	LOD	unknown				0
Craig Cove	CCV	unknown				0
Sara	SSR	unknown				0
South West Bay	SWJ	unknown				0
Ulei	ULB	unknown				0
Lamen Bay	LNB	unknown				0
Santa Ana	NNB	unknown				0
Valesdir	VLS	unknown				0
Epi	EPI	unknown				0
Sangafa		2	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200
Emae	EAE	unknown				0
Kirakira	IRA	2				0
Belep	BMY	unknown				0
Poum	PUV	unknown				0
Koumac	KOC	13	Civ.	Paved	No	3600

Ports

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

TOP

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.

...

TOP

StormSurge

0.2 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.2m in Mae, Vanuatu. This height is estimated for 14 Feb 2019 23:00 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 (54 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 7 of 13 Feb 2019 12:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Level	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Mae	Vanuatu	0.2
	15 Feb 2019 03:00	Bakakara	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 19:00	Wonisule	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 19:00	Vesalia	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Wousi	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 15:00	Menogoro	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 15:00	Lolominiou	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 15:00	Nogugu	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 15:00	Papoulassemouli	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 19:00	Poullappoe	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 19:00	Walpey	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Pualapa	Vanuatu	0.2
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Segond	Vanuatu	0.2
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Luganville	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 19:00	Wunpuku	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Piapouria	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Tourebiou	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 05:00	Olo Olo	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Atsaritibi	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Robertsons	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Terou	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Worovok	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Tasmate	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Souleisere	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Ladhu	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Lavatavo	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 03:00	Losoue	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 03:00	Tasiriki	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Palikoulo	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Gavigamana	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 19:00	Hokua	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Vipaka	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Wora	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Lowarhe	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Longtal	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Wailapo	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Youelapa	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Saraotou	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 02:00	Asavagas	Vanuatu	0.1
	16 Feb 2019 13:00	Nouville	New Caledonia	0.1
	16 Feb 2019 13:00	Noumea	New Caledonia	0.1
	16 Feb 2019 13:00	Comm. du Mont-Dore	New Caledonia	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 19:00	Takumuna	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Iakobone	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Hog Harbour	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Coulons	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Abnetare	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Tenmaru	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Wowo	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Laruru	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Vao	Vanuatu	0.1
	16 Feb 2019 13:00	Saint-Louis	New Caledonia	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 02:00	Lambulmbatuei	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 02:00	Bourbar	Vanuatu	0.1

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 this website.
The designations employed and the presentation of material on the map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the European Union concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.