WTPN40 LIJR 130341 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG) ****************************************************** * ORANGE ALERT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE DOLPHIN-15 * ****************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE DOLPHIN-15 CAN HAVE A MEDIUM HUMANITARIAN IMPACT BASED ON THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED AND THE AFFECTED POPULATION AND THEIR VULNERABILITY. UPDATED: THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 26. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 166.67 KM/H) -ON 13 MAY 2015 00:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 170 K -VULNERABILITY: MEDIUM EXTREME RAIN -------------- POTENTIAL RAINFALL IS CALCULATED BASED ON RAINFALL OBSERVED BY SEVERAL MICROWAVE SATELLITE SENSORS. THE IMAGE SHOWS THE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CYCLONE: HTTP://DMA.GDACS.ORG/SAVED/GDACS/TC/1000163/RAIN_1000163_26.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.2 M IN METALANIM (MICRONESIA). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 5/10/2015 4:00:00 AM UTC. DETAILS =========== EVENT TIME LINE ---------------- THE STORM EVOLUTION IS SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW. ALERT LEVELS AND POPULATION ESTIMATES ARE RELATED TO THE AREA FROM A POINT TO THE NEXT. ADV. ALERT COL DATE UTC CATEGORY SPEED GUSTS POPULATION LAT/LON (WIND IN KM/H) AFFECTED 2 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 47 0 N/A 159.70/3.90 3 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 160.10/3.50 4 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 160.60/3.40 5 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 161.40/2.80 6 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 161.90/3.50 7 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 162.10/3.80 8 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 162.50/3.80 9 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 162.70/4.00 10 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 162.50/4.50 11 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 162.20/4.80 12 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 162.30/5.30 13 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 161.80/5.60 14 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 160.40/6.20 15 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 160.00/7.00 16 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 160.00/7.60 17 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 159.90/8.40 18 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 159.60/9.10 19 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 159.90/9.80 20 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 159.20/10.30 21 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 158.60/10.20 22 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 158.40/10.30 23 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 157.90/10.20 24 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 157.20/9.90 25 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 156.90/9.80 26 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A 156.30/10.10 26 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 N/A 154.30/10.50 26 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 151.90/11.10 26 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 149.40/11.80 26 ORANGE 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 170 K 146.50/12.60 26 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A 141.50/14.50 26 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 N/A 138.40/17.20 26 GREEN 13 MAY 2015 03:41 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 N/A 137.50/20.30 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 26 OF 13 MAY 2015 00:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 10 MAY 2015 04:00 METALANIM MICRONESIA 0.2 10 MAY 2015 04:00 LOT MICRONESIA 0.2 10 MAY 2015 06:00 RONKITI MICRONESIA 0.2 10 MAY 2015 05:00 KOLONIA MICRONESIA 0.1 10 MAY 2015 04:00 PALIKIR MICRONESIA 0.1 01 JAN 0001 00:00 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000163$AND;EPISODEID=26 JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC-EC) - OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UN-OCHA) ________________________________________ 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 GDACS WEBSITE. PLEASE REFER TO THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR SUBSCRIBING OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ALERT EMAIL OR SMS SERVICE. 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