Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CHRISTINE-13
in Australia
29 Dec 2013 18 UTC
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Impact Single TC
    Impact based on all weather systems in the area

    Impact

      Tropical Cyclone CHRISTINE-13 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

      Meteorological source GDACS
      Exposed countries Australia
      Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
      Maximum wind speed 148 km/h
      Maximum storm surge 1.3 m (30 Dec 09:00 UTC)
      Vulnerability Low (Australia)

      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 138 km/h 1.3 m n.a. 0.5
      Overall 148 km/h 1.3 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

        138 km/h Current Max.

        Up to 15000 people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

        Impact Timeline

          Alert N° Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
          Tropical Storm or higher          		 Population in
          Cat 1. or higher          		 Countries
          Green 1 28 Dec 2013 06:00 130 No people No people Australia
          Green 2 28 Dec 2013 12:00 121 No people No people Australia
          Green 3 28 Dec 2013 18:00 130 No people Few people Australia
          Green 4 29 Dec 2013 00:00 148 No people 5 thousand Australia
          Green 5 29 Dec 2013 06:00 138 No people 1 thousand Australia
          Green 6 29 Dec 2013 12:00 138 No people No people Australia
          Green 7 29 Dec 2013 18:00 138 No people 10 thousand Australia

          Bulletin Timeline

            Alert 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
            green
            		 1 12/28/2013 6:00:00 AM Tropical storm 64 no people no people -15.6, 120.7
            green
            		 2 12/28/2013 12:00:00 PM Tropical storm 64 no people no people -16.2, 120.6
            green
            		 3 12/28/2013 6:00:00 PM Tropical storm 84 no people <1000 people -16.3, 120.4 Australia
            green
            		 4 12/29/2013 Tropical storm 101 no people <1000 people -16.6, 120.2 Australia
            green
            		 5 12/29/2013 6:00:00 AM Tropical storm 101 no people no people -17.1, 119.7 Australia
            green
            		 6 12/29/2013 12:00:00 PM Tropical storm 111 no people 15000 people -17.7, 119.3 Australia
            green
            		 7 12/29/2013 6:00:00 PM Category 1 121 no people 33000 people -18.4, 119.2 Australia
            green
            		 7 12/30/2013 6:00:00 AM Category 1 138 14000 people 37000 people -19.6, 118.6 Australia
            green
            		 7 12/30/2013 6:00:00 PM Category 1 130 <1000 people 38000 people -21.2, 118.1 Australia
            green
            		 7 12/31/2013 6:00:00 AM Tropical storm 93 no people 6200 people -23.2, 118.9 Australia
            green
            		 7 12/31/2013 6:00:00 PM Tropical depression 56 no people no people -25.4, 121.1 Australia
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            Tropical disturbance/Weak low pressure area/Remnant low (Vmax < 51 km/h), see WMO
            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

            Provinces

            Country Region Province
            Australia Western Australia

            Populated places

            Name Region Province Country City class Population
            Port Hedland Western Australia Australia City 14000 people
            Wedgefield Western Australia Australia City -
            South Hedland Western Australia Australia City -
            Wittenoom Gorge Western Australia Australia City -

            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)
            Port Hedland PHE 10 Civ. Paved Yes 8200
            Wittenoom Gorge WIT unknown

            Ports

            Name LOCODE Country
            Port Hedland AUPHE Coral Sea Islands
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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

            1.3 m

            The maximum Storm surge height is  1.3m in Condon, Australia. This height is estimated for 30 Dec 2013 09:00 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 (13 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 6 of 29 Dec 2013 12:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

            Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
            30 Dec 2013 09:00 Condon Australia  1.3
            30 Dec 2013 14:00 Thangoo Australia  0.7
            30 Dec 2013 13:00 Derby Australia  0.5
            30 Dec 2013 14:00 Broome Australia  0.5
            30 Dec 2013 14:00 Kennedys Cottage Australia  0.4
            30 Dec 2013 14:00 Waterbank Australia  0.4
            29 Dec 2013 07:00 Pender Australia  0.3
            30 Dec 2013 17:00 East Lewis I Australia  0.3
            30 Dec 2013 02:00 Wickham Australia  0.2
            30 Dec 2013 02:00 Point Samson Australia  0.2
            30 Dec 2013 02:00 Cossack Australia  0.2
            29 Dec 2013 04:00 Kollan I Australia  0.2
            30 Dec 2013 03:00 Ah Chong I Australia  0.1