Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for OLAF-21 in Mexico from 07 Sep 2021 21:00 UTC to 11 Sep 2021 09:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for OLAF-21

in Mexico

11 Sep 2021 09 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone OLAF-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	310 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	157 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.4 m (10 Sep 18:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Mexico)
Landfall	between 09 Sep 2021 21:00 - 10 Sep 2021 03:00 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	56 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	157 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	1.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

56 km/h Current Max.

Up to 620000 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	07 Sep 2021 21:00	120	No people	No people
2	08 Sep 2021 03:00	120	80 thousand	No people	Mexico
3	08 Sep 2021 09:00	120	70 thousand	No people	Mexico
4	08 Sep 2021 15:00	111	No people	No people
5	08 Sep 2021 21:00	111	120 thousand	No people	Mexico
6	09 Sep 2021 03:00	111	280 thousand	No people	Mexico
7	09 Sep 2021 09:00	130	320 thousand	No people	Mexico
8	09 Sep 2021 15:00	139	580 thousand	240 thousand	Mexico
9	09 Sep 2021 21:00	157	640 thousand	300 thousand	Mexico
10	10 Sep 2021 03:00	157	650 thousand	580 thousand	Mexico
11	10 Sep 2021 09:00	139	630 thousand	310 thousand	Mexico
12	10 Sep 2021 15:00	111	620 thousand	310 thousand	Mexico
13	10 Sep 2021 21:00	74	620 thousand	310 thousand	Mexico
14	11 Sep 2021 03:00	56	620 thousand	310 thousand	Mexico
15	11 Sep 2021 09:00	56	620 thousand	310 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	07 Sep 2021 21:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	18.2, -107.9
2	08 Sep 2021 03:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	18.2, -107.4
3	08 Sep 2021 09:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	18.5, -107.1
4	08 Sep 2021 15:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	18.9, -107.5
5	08 Sep 2021 21:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	19.4, -107.7
6	09 Sep 2021 03:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	20, -108
7	09 Sep 2021 09:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	20.5, -108
8	09 Sep 2021 15:00	Category 1	120	no people	300000 people	21.2, -108.3
9	09 Sep 2021 21:00	Category 1	148	290000 people	570000 people	22.2, -108.9
10	10 Sep 2021 03:00	Category 2	157	570000 people	580000 people	23, -109.6	Mexico
11	10 Sep 2021 09:00	Category 1	139	5600 people	620000 people	23.7, -110.7	Mexico
12	10 Sep 2021 15:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	310000 people	24.1, -111.3	Mexico
13	10 Sep 2021 21:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	1900 people	24.6, -112.7
14	11 Sep 2021 03:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	24.7, -113.3
15	11 Sep 2021 09:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	24.4, -114
15	11 Sep 2021 18:00	Tropical depression	46	no people	no people	24.2, -114.6
15	12 Sep 2021 06:00	Tropical depression	37	no people	no people	23.7, -115.6
15	12 Sep 2021 18:00	Tropical depression	37	no people	no people	22.8, -116.9
15	13 Sep 2021 06:00	Tropical depression	28	no people	no people	21.5, -118.2
15	13 Sep 2021 18:00	Tropical depression	28	no people	no people	20.6, -119.4
15	14 Sep 2021 06:00	Tropical depression	28	no people	no people	20.1, -120.3

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
Mexico

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Baja California Sur	Mexico
Nayarit	Mexico

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Villa Constitución	Baja California Sur	Mexico	City	-
La Paz	Baja California Sur	Mexico	Major city	170000 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)
Villa Constitucion	VIB	43				0
Arroyo Capo		20				0
Leon	LAP	21	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200
La Paz		26				0
Punta Pescadero		7				0
Cabo San Lucas		139				0
Los Cabos International	SJD	109	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800
Punta Colorada	PCO	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Puerto Madalena		Mexico
San Carlos	MXSCR	Mexico
San Juan de la Costa	MXSJC	Mexico
La Paz		Mexico
Buenavista		Mexico
San Lucas		Mexico
San Hose Del Cabo		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

0.4 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.4m in Puerto Cortes, Mexico. This height is estimated for 10 Sep 2021 18:00 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 (34 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 13 of 10 Sep 2021 21:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	10 Sep 2021 18:00	Puerto Cortes	Mexico	0.4
	10 Sep 2021 03:00	San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 09:00	Los Inocentes	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 03:00	La Fortuna	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 07:00	Todos Santos	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 17:00	Puerto Charley	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 11:00	Cunano	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 06:00	El Pescadero	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 11:00	Agua Fresca	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 12:00	El Tomale	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 14:00	Rancho Conejo	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 17:00	Quinones	Mexico	0.3
	10 Sep 2021 16:00	Rancho Datilari	Mexico	0.2
	10 Sep 2021 04:00	El Cardoncito	Mexico	0.2
	10 Sep 2021 03:00	El Tule	Mexico	0.2
	10 Sep 2021 05:00	La Tinaja	Mexico	0.2
	10 Sep 2021 19:00	Puerto Magdalena	Mexico	0.2
	10 Sep 2021 19:00	El Guatamota	Mexico	0.2
	10 Sep 2021 03:00	Los Frailes	Mexico	0.2
	10 Sep 2021 04:00	San Lucas	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 05:00	Pozo de Cota	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 21:00	San Carlos	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 12:00	San Juan de la Costa	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 03:00	Los Tesos	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 19:00	Madero Amarillo	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 22:00	El Castillo	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 22:00	Las Arenitas	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 08:00	Datilito	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 03:00	Punta Arena	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 03:00	La Ribera	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 03:00	Punta Colorada	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 22:00	La Puerta	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 22:00	Isla de Palmito del Verde	Mexico	0.1
	10 Sep 2021 22:00	Altata	Mexico	0.1

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