WTPQ40 LIJR 131148 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 TWENTYFOUR-15 * ****************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE TWENTYFOUR-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 2. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 231.48 KM/H) -ON 13 OCT 2015 06:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 2.2 M -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/1000227/RAIN_1000227_2.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.3 M IN WRIGHT (PHILIPPINES). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 10/17/2015 6:00:00 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 13 OCT 2015 11:48 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 140.10/15.70 2 GREEN 13 OCT 2015 11:48 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 136.60/15.80 2 GREEN 13 OCT 2015 11:48 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 133.80/15.80 2 GREEN 13 OCT 2015 11:48 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 131.60/15.80 2 GREEN 13 OCT 2015 11:48 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A 129.50/16.00 2 GREEN 13 OCT 2015 11:48 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A 126.20/16.50 2 RED 13 OCT 2015 11:48 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 2.2 M 123.90/17.00 2 GREEN 13 OCT 2015 11:48 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 233 0 N/A 122.30/17.40 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 2 OF 13 OCT 2015 06:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 17 OCT 2015 06:00 WRIGHT PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 PABANONG PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 PEQUIT PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 HINABANGAN PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 BANGON PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 CAVITE PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 BORONGAN PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 BALZA PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 BUGALLON PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 CAVAYAN PHILIPPINES 0.3 17 OCT 2015 06:00 GUIOM PHILIPPINES 0.3 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000227$AND;EPISODEID=2 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