WTPQ40 LIJR 120118 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 MELOR-15 * **************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE MELOR-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 2. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 175.92 KM/H) -ON 11 DEC 2015 18:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 27.3 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/1000242/RAIN_1000242_2.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 1.7 M IN LAMON (PHILIPPINES). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 12/15/2015 1:00:00 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 DEC 2015 01:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 135.50/10.10 2 GREEN 12 DEC 2015 01:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 133.20/11.50 2 GREEN 12 DEC 2015 01:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 130.90/12.50 2 GREEN 12 DEC 2015 01:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 129.00/13.00 2 ORANGE 12 DEC 2015 01:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 570 K 127.10/13.50 2 ORANGE 12 DEC 2015 01:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 5.7 M 124.00/14.00 2 ORANGE 12 DEC 2015 01:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 24.3 M 121.80/14.30 2 GREEN 12 DEC 2015 01:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 120.40/14.30 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 2 OF 11 DEC 2015 18:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 15 DEC 2015 01:00 LAMON PHILIPPINES 1.7 15 DEC 2015 01:00 MAGTANG PHILIPPINES 1.7 15 DEC 2015 01:00 TINAMBAC PHILIPPINES 1.7 15 DEC 2015 01:00 UNION PHILIPPINES 1.7 15 DEC 2015 11:00 TALINGTING PHILIPPINES 1.5 15 DEC 2015 11:00 APAD LUTAO PHILIPPINES 1.4 15 DEC 2015 02:00 MIGUEL PHILIPPINES 1.4 14 DEC 2015 18:00 BIKAL PHILIPPINES 1.2 15 DEC 2015 12:00 CALAGUIKHIK PHILIPPINES 1.2 15 DEC 2015 02:00 TANDOC PHILIPPINES 1.2 14 DEC 2015 22:00 BALATON PHILIPPINES 1.1 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000242$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