WTPA40 LIJR 242321 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 SANDRA-15 * ***************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDRA-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 5. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 120.37 KM/H) -ON 24 NOV 2015 21:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 280 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/1000239/RAIN_1000239_5.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.3 M IN LAS ARENITAS (MEXICO). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 11/28/2015 2:00:00 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 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 75 N/A -104.60/10.90 3 GREEN 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 84 N/A -105.00/10.80 4 GREEN 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 103 N/A -106.10/11.20 5 GREEN 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 121 N/A -107.20/11.90 5 GREEN 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 149 N/A -108.60/12.50 5 GREEN 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 186 N/A -110.10/13.50 5 GREEN 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 205 N/A -110.90/15.10 5 GREEN 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 205 N/A -111.30/16.90 5 ORANGE 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 149 280 K -110.30/21.10 5 GREEN 24 NOV 2015 23:21 (X) TROPICAL STORM 56 75 N/A -106.50/25.50 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 5 OF 24 NOV 2015 21:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 28 NOV 2015 14:00 LAS ARENITAS MEXICO 0.3 28 NOV 2015 11:00 LA BOCA MEXICO 0.2 28 NOV 2015 10:00 EL CASTILLO MEXICO 0.2 28 NOV 2015 12:00 PERIHUETE MEXICO 0.2 28 NOV 2015 14:00 ALTATA MEXICO 0.1 28 NOV 2015 11:00 DIMAS MEXICO 0.1 28 NOV 2015 08:00 ISLA DE PALM MEXICO 0.1 28 NOV 2015 08:00 LA PUERTA MEXICO 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$AND;EVENTID=1000239$AND;EPISODEID=5 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