WTPA40 LIJR 201818 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 TWENTY-E-15 * ****************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE TWENTY-E-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 157.41 KM/H) -ON 20 OCT 2015 15:00:00 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/1000231/RAIN_1000231_1.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.4 M IN CUYUTLAN (MEXICO). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 10/24/2015 3:00:00 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 20 OCT 2015 18:18 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 65 84 N/A -95.50/13.00 1 GREEN 20 OCT 2015 18:18 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 84 103 N/A -97.00/12.80 1 GREEN 20 OCT 2015 18:18 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 103 121 N/A -98.90/12.90 1 GREEN 20 OCT 2015 18:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 159 N/A -101.00/13.90 1 GREEN 20 OCT 2015 18:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 196 N/A -103.70/16.30 1 GREEN 20 OCT 2015 18:18 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 93 112 N/A -104.40/20.50 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1 OF 20 OCT 2015 15:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 24 OCT 2015 03:00 CUYUTLAN MEXICO 0.4 24 OCT 2015 03:00 EL CIRUELO MEXICO 0.4 24 OCT 2015 02:00 CHUPADERO MEXICO 0.2 24 OCT 2015 03:00 EL REAL MEXICO 0.2 24 OCT 2015 04:00 MANZANILLO MEXICO 0.2 24 OCT 2015 05:00 SANTIAGO MEXICO 0.2 24 OCT 2015 02:00 APISA MEXICO 0.2 24 OCT 2015 00:00 SAN TELMO MEXICO 0.1 23 OCT 2015 23:00 BUCERIAS MEXICO 0.1 24 OCT 2015 00:00 CAYACA MEXICO 0.1 23 OCT 2015 23:00 MARUATA MEXICO 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$AND;EVENTID=1000231$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