WTPN40 LIJR 070550 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 FIFTEEN-15 * ***************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE FIFTEEN-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 129.63 KM/H) -ON 07 AUG 2015 00:00:00 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/1000195/RAIN_1000195_1.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.2 M IN CHOSHI (JAPAN). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 8/11/2015 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 07 AUG 2015 05:50 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 146.70/23.50 1 GREEN 07 AUG 2015 05:50 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 145.20/25.40 1 GREEN 07 AUG 2015 05:50 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 143.70/26.70 1 GREEN 07 AUG 2015 05:50 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 142.50/28.00 1 GREEN 07 AUG 2015 05:50 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 142.20/30.40 1 GREEN 07 AUG 2015 05:50 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 N/A 145.90/33.50 1 GREEN 07 AUG 2015 05:50 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A 153.30/36.90 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1 OF 07 AUG 2015 00:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 11 AUG 2015 00:00 CHOSHI JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 OKUNOYA JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 YATABE JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 KASHIMA JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 OMI JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 ASAHI YOKAIC JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 KOYA JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 KYUCHU JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 AOTSUKA JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 HAMATSUGA JAPAN 0.2 11 AUG 2015 00:00 OTAKE JAPAN 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$AND;EVENTID=1000195$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