WTPN40 LIJR 041518 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG) **************************************************** * RED ALERT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE CHAN-HOM-15 * **************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE CHAN-HOM-15 CAN HAVE A HIGH HUMANITARIAN IMPACT BASED ON THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED AND THE AFFECTED POPULATION AND THEIR VULNERABILITY. UPDATED: THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 17. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 222.22 KM/H) -ON 04 JUL 2015 12:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 1.2 M -VULNERABILITY: LOW 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/1000172/RAIN_1000172_17.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.2 M IN SPRING HILL SUBDIVISION (GUAM). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 7/4/2015 3:00:00 PM 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 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 159.60/10.00 3 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 156.90/10.90 4 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 156.00/10.70 5 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 155.70/11.10 6 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 154.50/11.20 7 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 152.50/11.20 8 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 150.50/10.70 9 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A 148.60/10.10 10 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A 148.30/10.10 11 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 148.10/10.20 12 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 148.50/10.80 13 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 148.80/11.10 14 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 148.70/11.50 15 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 148.40/12.40 16 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 147.50/13.20 17 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 146.10/13.50 17 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 144.70/14.40 17 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 143.20/15.20 17 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 N/A 141.50/16.10 17 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 139.10/17.60 17 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 N/A 134.80/21.00 17 RED 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 224 0 1.2 M 130.20/24.40 17 GREEN 04 JUL 2015 15:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 N/A 125.40/27.50 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 17 OF 04 JUL 2015 12:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 04 JUL 2015 15:00 SPRING HILL GUAM 0.2 04 JUL 2015 15:00 ASATDAS GUAM 0.2 04 JUL 2015 15:00 GAYINERO GUAM 0.2 04 JUL 2015 15:00 POTTS JUNCTI GUAM 0.2 04 JUL 2015 16:00 CAMP BRIGHT GUAM 0.2 04 JUL 2015 16:00 LOCKWOOD TER GUAM 0.2 04 JUL 2015 18:00 SONGSONG NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.2 04 JUL 2015 15:00 PEREZ ACRES GUAM 0.2 04 JUL 2015 16:00 DEDEDO GUAM 0.1 04 JUL 2015 16:00 OCEANVIEW GUAM 0.1 04 JUL 2015 16:00 HARMON VILLA GUAM 0.1 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000172$AND;EPISODEID=17 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. END OF TROPICAL CYCLONE MESSAGE 001