WTAX40 LIJR 050918 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG) ************************************************** * GREEN ALERT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FIVE-15 * ************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE FIVE-15 CAN HAVE A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT BASED ON THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED AND THE AFFECTED POPULATION AND THEIR VULNERABILITY. UPDATED: THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 111.11 KM/H) -ON 05 NOV 2015 06:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS N/A -VULNERABILITY: HIGH 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/1000234/RAIN_1000234_1.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.3 M IN GHUBBAH (YEMEN). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 11/8/2015 9:00:00 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 1 GREEN 05 NOV 2015 09:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 63.20/13.80 1 GREEN 05 NOV 2015 09:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 61.40/13.50 1 GREEN 05 NOV 2015 09:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 59.70/13.20 1 GREEN 05 NOV 2015 09:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 57.90/13.00 1 GREEN 05 NOV 2015 09:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 54.30/12.50 1 GREEN 05 NOV 2015 09:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 50.90/12.10 1 GREEN 05 NOV 2015 09:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 48.60/12.70 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1 OF 05 NOV 2015 06:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 08 NOV 2015 09:00 GHUBBAH YEMEN 0.3 08 NOV 2015 08:00 QASHLU YEMEN 0.2 08 NOV 2015 10:00 STEROH YEMEN 0.2 08 NOV 2015 10:00 GISHUB YEMEN 0.2 08 NOV 2015 07:00 QADUB YEMEN 0.2 08 NOV 2015 11:00 NAIT YEMEN 0.2 08 NOV 2015 07:00 MUTRA YEMEN 0.2 09 NOV 2015 06:00 CALUULA SOMALIA 0.2 09 NOV 2015 04:00 BEREEDA SOMALIA 0.2 08 NOV 2015 07:00 HADIBOH YEMEN 0.2 08 NOV 2015 20:00 KILMIA YEMEN 0.2 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000234$AND;EPISODEID=1 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