WTPQ40 LIJR 010301 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 MAYSAK-15 * ************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE MAYSAK-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 21. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 277.78 KM/H) -ON 01 APR 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/1000155/RAIN_1000155_21.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 2 GREEN 27 MAR 2015 06:00 TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 157.40/7.00 3 GREEN 27 MAR 2015 12:00 TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 156.60/7.40 4 GREEN 27 MAR 2015 18:00 TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 155.90/7.50 5 GREEN 28 MAR 2015 00:00 TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 154.90/7.60 6 GREEN 28 MAR 2015 06:00 TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 154.60/7.60 7 GREEN 28 MAR 2015 12:00 TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 153.50/7.50 8 GREEN 28 MAR 2015 18:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A 152.80/7.30 9 GREEN 29 MAR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 N/A 151.80/7.30 10 GREEN 29 MAR 2015 06:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 150.90/7.60 11 GREEN 29 MAR 2015 12:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 0 N/A 149.70/8.00 12 GREEN 29 MAR 2015 18:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 148.30/8.10 13 GREEN 30 MAR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 146.90/8.40 14 GREEN 30 MAR 2015 06:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 N/A 145.80/8.80 15 GREEN 30 MAR 2015 12:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A 144.80/9.00 16 GREEN 30 MAR 2015 18:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 N/A 143.70/9.40 17 GREEN 31 MAR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 N/A 142.50/9.60 18 GREEN 31 MAR 2015 06:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 261 0 N/A 141.30/10.00 19 GREEN 31 MAR 2015 12:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 261 0 N/A 139.90/10.20 20 GREEN 31 MAR 2015 18:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 261 0 N/A 138.70/10.30 21 GREEN 01 APR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 261 0 N/A 137.70/10.70 21 GREEN 01 APR 2015 12:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 280 0 N/A 135.50/11.50 21 GREEN 02 APR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 270 0 N/A 133.70/12.30 21 GREEN 02 APR 2015 12:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 261 0 N/A 132.00/13.00 21 GREEN 03 APR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 242 0 N/A 130.30/13.70 21 RED 04 APR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 170 K 126.10/14.90 21 ORANGE 05 APR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 3.1 M 122.20/16.30 21 GREEN 06 APR 2015 00:00 TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 118.40/17.70 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