WTPQ40 LIJR 121318 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 NANGKA-15 * ***************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE NANGKA-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 36. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 185.18 KM/H) -ON 12 JUL 2015 06:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 640 K -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/1000176/RAIN_1000176_36.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.2 M IN MARASU (NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 7/9/2015 8:00:00 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 2 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 170.20/9.40 3 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 169.70/9.80 4 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 168.90/10.90 5 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 167.10/11.30 6 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 165.90/11.30 7 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 164.70/11.10 8 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 163.50/11.30 9 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 162.40/11.20 10 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 160.90/11.30 11 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 159.70/11.60 12 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 N/A 158.70/11.80 13 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 0 N/A 157.70/12.20 14 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 156.70/12.70 15 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A 155.60/13.00 16 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 N/A 154.60/13.60 17 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 224 0 N/A 153.40/14.30 18 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 224 0 N/A 152.20/15.00 19 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 224 0 N/A 150.70/15.30 20 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 214 0 N/A 149.90/15.40 21 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 214 0 N/A 149.10/15.90 22 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 224 0 N/A 147.80/16.50 23 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 N/A 146.90/17.00 24 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 N/A 145.90/17.60 25 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 252 0 N/A 144.60/18.00 26 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 252 0 N/A 143.60/18.20 27 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 242 0 N/A 142.70/18.30 28 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 N/A 142.00/18.40 29 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 N/A 141.20/18.30 30 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 196 0 N/A 140.50/18.40 31 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 186 0 N/A 139.90/18.40 32 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 N/A 139.30/18.20 33 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 138.90/18.40 34 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 0 N/A 138.10/18.90 35 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 0 N/A 137.70/18.50 36 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 0 N/A 137.70/18.50 36 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 137.30/19.10 36 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 N/A 137.50/20.20 36 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A 137.60/21.70 36 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 186 0 N/A 137.20/23.30 36 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 196 0 N/A 135.80/27.00 36 ORANGE 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 186 0 640 K 133.80/30.00 36 GREEN 12 JUL 2015 13:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 133.40/33.40 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 36 OF 12 JUL 2015 06:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 09 JUL 2015 08:00 MARASU NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.2 09 JUL 2015 08:00 SHOMUSHON NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.2 16 JUL 2015 06:00 ORYUZAKO JAPAN 0.2 16 JUL 2015 06:00 KISAKI JAPAN 0.1 16 JUL 2015 06:00 HARUGUCHI JAPAN 0.1 16 JUL 2015 06:00 TACHIBANDORI JAPAN 0.1 16 JUL 2015 06:00 ABURATSU JAPAN 0.1 16 JUL 2015 06:00 MEITSU JAPAN 0.1 16 JUL 2015 06:00 MIYAZAKI JAPAN 0.1 16 JUL 2015 06:00 UWAE JAPAN 0.1 16 JUL 2015 06:00 TAKANABE JAPAN 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$AND;EVENTID=1000176$AND;EPISODEID=36 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. 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