WTPN40 LIJR 140418 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 SIXTEEN-15 * ***************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE SIXTEEN-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 222.22 KM/H) -ON 14 AUG 2015 00:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS N/A -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/1000196/RAIN_1000196_1.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.1 M IN MUTCHO (NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 8/17/2015 2:00:00 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 1 GREEN 14 AUG 2015 04:18 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 150.10/13.10 1 GREEN 14 AUG 2015 04:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 149.80/13.80 1 GREEN 14 AUG 2015 04:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 149.40/14.40 1 GREEN 14 AUG 2015 04:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 148.30/15.10 1 GREEN 14 AUG 2015 04:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 0 N/A 145.90/16.00 1 GREEN 14 AUG 2015 04:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 N/A 142.00/17.20 1 GREEN 14 AUG 2015 04:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 224 0 N/A 137.30/18.60 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1 OF 14 AUG 2015 00:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 17 AUG 2015 02:00 MUTCHO NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.1 17 AUG 2015 02:00 GARAPAN NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.1 17 AUG 2015 02:00 SAN ROQUE NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.1 17 AUG 2015 02:00 TANAPAG NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.1 16 AUG 2015 23:00 AFETNA NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.1 16 AUG 2015 23:00 ASLITO NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.1 16 AUG 2015 23:00 CHALAN KANOA NORTHERN MARIANA I 0.1 16 AUG 2015 23:00 SUSUPI NORTHERN MARIANA I 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$AND;EVENTID=1000196$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