Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for NORA-21 in Mexico from 25 Aug 2021 21:00 UTC to 27 Aug 2021 21:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for NORA-21

in Mexico

27 Aug 2021 21 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone NORA-21 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Glide number:	TC-2021-000122-MEX
Exposed countries	Mexico
Exposed population	1.4 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	139 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (31 Aug 21:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Mexico)
Landfall	between 31 Aug 2021 18:00 - 01 Sep 2021 18:00 in Mexico

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	148 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	139 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

148 km/h Current Max.

Up to 43000 people in Category 1 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	25 Aug 2021 21:00	139	620 thousand	No people	Mexico
2	26 Aug 2021 03:00	130	900 thousand	No people	Mexico
3	26 Aug 2021 09:00	130	1.9 million	No people	Mexico
4	26 Aug 2021 15:00	139	3.9 million	No people	Mexico
5	26 Aug 2021 21:00	139	4 million	640 thousand	Mexico
6	27 Aug 2021 03:00	139	2.9 million	510 thousand	Mexico
7	27 Aug 2021 09:00	148	3.1 million	260 thousand	Mexico
8	27 Aug 2021 15:00	139	7.6 million	8 thousand	Mexico
9	27 Aug 2021 21:00	148	4.7 million	40 thousand	Mexico

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	25 Aug 2021 21:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	11.7, -99.4
2	26 Aug 2021 03:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	11.9, -100.1
3	26 Aug 2021 09:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	12, -100.6
4	26 Aug 2021 15:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	12.5, -100.8
5	26 Aug 2021 21:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	13.4, -101.7
6	27 Aug 2021 03:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	14.1, -102.6
7	27 Aug 2021 09:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	14.6, -103.5
8	27 Aug 2021 15:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	610000 people	15.4, -104.3
9	27 Aug 2021 21:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	1.2 million people	15.5, -104.9
9	28 Aug 2021 06:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	340000 people	16.5, -105.6
9	28 Aug 2021 18:00	Category 1	120	no people	770000 people	18.3, -106.2
9	29 Aug 2021 06:00	Category 1	130	no people	550000 people	20.3, -107
9	29 Aug 2021 18:00	Category 1	139	no people	370000 people	21.9, -107.8
9	30 Aug 2021 06:00	Category 1	148	19000 people	590000 people	22.9, -108.6
9	30 Aug 2021 18:00	Category 1	148	17000 people	1.3 million people	23.9, -109.4
9	31 Aug 2021 18:00	Category 1	130	22000 people	1.8 million people	25.9, -110.9
9	01 Sep 2021 18:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	28.4, -111.8	Mexico

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
Mexico

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Baja California Sur	Mexico
Sonora	Mexico

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)
Punta Colorada	PCO	unknown				0
Punta Pescadero		7				0
Loreto	LTO	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Buenavista		Mexico
Bahia Salinas		Mexico
Loreto		Mexico

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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 Topolobampo, Mexico. This height is estimated for 31 Aug 2021 21:00 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 (50 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 9 of 27 Aug 2021 21:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	31 Aug 2021 21:00	Topolobampo	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 02:00	La Paz	Mexico	0.2
	30 Aug 2021 15:00	Los Frailes	Mexico	0.2
	30 Aug 2021 16:00	Punta Arena	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 15:00	Cachoana	Mexico	0.2
	30 Aug 2021 15:00	Los Tesos	Mexico	0.2
	30 Aug 2021 16:00	Punta Colorada	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 00:00	Datilito	Mexico	0.2
	30 Aug 2021 21:00	La Ventana	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 18:00	Ligui	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 16:00	San Cosme	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 21:00	San Bruno	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 21:00	Las Bocas	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 16:00	El Guatamota	Mexico	0.2
	30 Aug 2021 21:00	Ensenada de los Muertos	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 00:00	Santa Cruz	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 19:00	Loreto	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 14:00	Santa Marta	Mexico	0.2
	27 Aug 2021 08:00	Huajapan	Mexico	0.2
	31 Aug 2021 13:00	Puerto Cortes	Mexico	0.2
	30 Aug 2021 17:00	El Castillo	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 17:00	La Ribera	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 01:00	Rosario	Mexico	0.1
	27 Aug 2021 08:00	El Roble	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 20:00	La Trinadad	Mexico	0.1
	29 Aug 2021 23:00	La Palmita	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 03:00	Las Arenitas	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 18:00	Altata	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 18:00	Las Palmas	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 17:00	Tripui	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 02:00	Isla de Palmito del Verde	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 05:00	Novillero	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 05:00	Cuantla	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 10:00	Los Burros	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 14:00	Tambobiche	Mexico	0.1
	27 Aug 2021 09:00	Cachimba	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 18:00	La Florida	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 18:00	Adolfo Lopez Mateos	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 02:00	Caimanero	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 02:00	Jarilla	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 02:00	La Puerta	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 14:00	La Boca	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 12:00	El Cardoncito	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 09:00	Boca del Rio	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 21:00	San Juanico	Mexico	0.1
	30 Aug 2021 02:00	Cuamecate	Mexico	0.1
	29 Aug 2021 19:00	Santa Cruz	Mexico	0.1
	29 Aug 2021 19:00	El Nuevo	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 01:00	San Juan de la Costa	Mexico	0.1
	31 Aug 2021 21:00	San Jose	Mexico	0.1

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