Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for PAMELA-21 in Mexico from 10 Oct 2021 09:00 UTC to 14 Oct 2021 03:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for PAMELA-21

in Mexico

14 Oct 2021 03 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

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

Meteorological source	GDACS
Glide number:	CE-2021-000162-SOM
Exposed countries	Mexico
Exposed population	130 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	130 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.5 m (13 Oct 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Mexico)
Landfall	between 13 Oct 2021 09:00 - 13 Oct 2021 15:00 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	46 km/h	0.5 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	130 km/h	0.5 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

46 km/h Current Max.

Up to 5.2 million 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	10 Oct 2021 09:00	176	2.5 million	230 thousand	Mexico
2	10 Oct 2021 15:00	176	2.6 million	230 thousand	Mexico
3	10 Oct 2021 21:00	176	3 million	360 thousand	Mexico
4	11 Oct 2021 03:00	185	2.9 million	250 thousand	Mexico
5	11 Oct 2021 09:00	185	5 million	200 thousand	Mexico
6	11 Oct 2021 15:00	194	4.4 million	160 thousand	Mexico
7	11 Oct 2021 21:00	185	5.8 million	490 thousand	Mexico
8	12 Oct 2021 03:00	176	5.8 million	740 thousand	Mexico
9	12 Oct 2021 09:00	167	4.2 million	240 thousand	Mexico
10	12 Oct 2021 15:00	157	4.6 million	120 thousand	Mexico
11	12 Oct 2021 21:00	139	5.8 million	100 thousand	Mexico
12	13 Oct 2021 03:00	130	4.9 million	170 thousand	Mexico
13	13 Oct 2021 09:00	120	5.3 million	540 thousand	Mexico
14	13 Oct 2021 15:00	102	5.3 million	130 thousand	Mexico
15	13 Oct 2021 21:00	56	5.2 million	130 thousand	Mexico
16	14 Oct 2021 03:00	46	5.2 million	130 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	10 Oct 2021 09:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	14.3, -102.9
2	10 Oct 2021 15:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	14.8, -104.7
3	10 Oct 2021 21:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	15.5, -105.9
4	11 Oct 2021 03:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	15.9, -106.8
5	11 Oct 2021 09:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	16.2, -107.6
6	11 Oct 2021 15:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	16.8, -108.1
7	11 Oct 2021 21:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	17.2, -108.5
8	12 Oct 2021 03:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	17.9, -108.9
9	12 Oct 2021 09:00	Category 1	120	no people	no people	19.2, -108.9
10	12 Oct 2021 15:00	Category 1	130	no people	no people	20.4, -108.9
11	12 Oct 2021 21:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	1 million people	21, -109.3
12	13 Oct 2021 03:00	Tropical storm	111	58000 people	2.4 million people	21.9, -108.7
13	13 Oct 2021 09:00	Category 1	120	540000 people	3 million people	22.8, -107.6
14	13 Oct 2021 15:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	4.9 million people	24.4, -106	Mexico
15	13 Oct 2021 21:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	26, -103.7	Mexico
16	14 Oct 2021 03:00	Tropical depression	46	no people	no people	27.5, -101.5	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
Coahuila	Mexico
Durango	Mexico
Chihuahua	Mexico
Zacatecas	Mexico
Sinaloa	Mexico
Nayarit	Mexico
Baja California Sur	Mexico

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
San Pedro	Coahuila de Zaragoza	Mexico	City	-
Matamoros	Coahuila de Zaragoza	Mexico	City	46000 people
Torreón	Coahuila de Zaragoza	Mexico	City	600000 people
Gómez Palacio	Durango	Mexico	City	210000 people
Ciudad Lerdo	Durango	Mexico	City	-
Miguel Auza	Durango	Mexico	City	13000 people
Durango	Durango	Mexico	Major city	450000 people
Culiacán	Sinaloa	Mexico	Major city	540000 people
Villa Unión	Sinaloa	Mexico	City	13000 people
Acaponeta	Nayarit	Mexico	City	18000 people
Escuinapa	Sinaloa	Mexico	City	28000 people
El Dorado	Sinaloa	Mexico	City	-
Mazatlan	Sinaloa	Mexico	Major city	330000 people
Tecuala	Nayarit	Mexico	City	15000 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)
Laguna del Rey		1052				0
Torreon International	TRC	1130	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000
J Agustin Castro		1154				0
Abasolo		1408				0
Rancho El Durangueno		2500				0
Guadalupe Victoria	DGO	1857	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9500
La Candelaria del Alto		1940				0
Cosala		76				0
Fedl de Bachigualato	CUL	33	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500
General Rafael Buelna International	MZT	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8800
Acaponeta		84				0
Campo Gobierno		13				0
Rancho los Cabras		3				0
Teacapan		6				0
Isla Maria Madre		5				0
Punta Colorada	PCO	unknown				0
Los Cabos International	SJD	109	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800
Cabo San Lucas		139				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Mazatlan	MXMZT	Mexico
Altata		Mexico
San Hose Del Cabo		Mexico
San Lucas		Mexico

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year
	Francisco Zarco	Nazas	1969
	Lazaro Cardenas	Nazas	1947
	G. Franci	Poanas	1968
	Presa Pena del Aguila	LaSauceda	1955
	Presa Guadalupe Victoria	Tunal	1962
	Presidente Jose L. Portillo	San Lorenzo	1981
Presa Juan Guerrero	Juan Guerrero	El Bledal	1994
	Sinaloa	Tamazula	1948
	El Salto	Elota	1985
	Presidente Adolfo Lopez Mateos	Humaya	1964

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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

0.5 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.5m in Marmol, Mexico. This height is estimated for 13 Oct 2021 12:00 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 (20 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 14 of 13 Oct 2021 15:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	Marmol	Mexico	0.5
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	Florida	Mexico	0.4
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	Dimas	Mexico	0.4
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	Mazatlan	Mexico	0.3
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	Caimanero	Mexico	0.3
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	Jarilla	Mexico	0.3
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	La Puerta	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 13:00	Isla de Palmito del Verde	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 14:00	Cuantla	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	Cuamecate	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 13:00	Novillero	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	La Palmita	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 13:00	Santa Cruz	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 13:00	Perihuete	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 13:00	El Nuevo	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 12:00	Barron	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 15:00	Toro Mocho	Mexico	0.2
	13 Oct 2021 10:00	El Castillo	Mexico	0.1
	13 Oct 2021 15:00	San Blas	Mexico	0.1
	13 Oct 2021 15:00	Santa Cruz	Mexico	0.1

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