WTXX40 LIJR 181026 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 ALEX-16 * ************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE ALEX-16 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 9. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 120.37 KM/H) -ON 15 JAN 2016 21:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 60 K -VULNERABILITY: LOW 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/1000247/RAIN_1000247_9.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.4 M IN BAIA DA VILA (PORTUGAL). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 1/15/2016 1:00:00 PM 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 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 112 N/A -30.00/28.70 3 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 140 N/A -29.30/30.10 4 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 168 N/A -28.40/31.50 5 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 168 N/A -27.80/33.60 6 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 159 100 K -27.60/34.70 7 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 149 60 K -27.00/36.80 8 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 140 N/A -27.00/39.30 9 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 140 N/A -27.80/43.00 9 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 149 N/A -29.40/49.20 9 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 149 N/A -36.10/56.30 9 GREEN 18 JAN 2016 10:26 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 140 N/A -47.00/56.50 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 9 OF 15 JAN 2016 21:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 15 JAN 2016 13:00 BAIA DA VILA PORTUGAL 0.4 15 JAN 2016 14:00 FETEIRA PORTUGAL 0.4 15 JAN 2016 14:00 PRAIA DA VIT PORTUGAL 0.4 15 JAN 2016 14:00 VILA NOVA PORTUGAL 0.4 15 JAN 2016 13:00 ANGRA PORTUGAL 0.3 15 JAN 2016 13:00 ANGRA DO HER PORTUGAL 0.3 15 JAN 2016 14:00 BISCOITOS PORTUGAL 0.3 15 JAN 2016 14:00 SERRETA PORTUGAL 0.3 15 JAN 2016 13:00 SANTA BARBAR PORTUGAL 0.3 17 JAN 2016 06:00 BLACK TICKLE CANADA 0.2 17 JAN 2016 06:00 SPOTTED ISLA CANADA 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$AND;EVENTID=1000247$AND;EPISODEID=9 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