WTIO40 LIJR 120119 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 FANTALA-16 * ***************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE FANTALA-16 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 175.92 KM/H) -ON 11 APR 2016 18:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS N/A -VULNERABILITY: NO 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/1000260/RAIN_1000260_1.PNG 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 12 APR 2016 01:19 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 70.00/-13.00 1 GREEN 12 APR 2016 01:19 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 68.90/-13.10 1 GREEN 12 APR 2016 01:19 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 N/A 67.80/-13.10 1 GREEN 12 APR 2016 01:19 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 0 N/A 66.80/-13.10 1 GREEN 12 APR 2016 01:19 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A 64.60/-12.70 1 GREEN 12 APR 2016 01:19 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 N/A 62.40/-12.40 1 GREEN 12 APR 2016 01:19 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 60.60/-12.00 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 00