WTPZ40 LIJR 250652 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 WINSTON-16 * ***************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE WINSTON-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 24. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 212.96 KM/H) -ON 19 FEB 2016 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/1000252/RAIN_1000252_24.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.6 M IN LEVUKA (FIJI). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 2/20/2016 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 2 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 171.10/-15.70 3 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 171.60/-16.70 4 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 149 N/A 171.60/-18.00 5 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 196 0 N/A 171.50/-19.70 6 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 196 0 N/A 171.80/-22.20 7 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A 172.90/-24.20 8 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 174.90/-25.30 9 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A 177.60/-25.00 10 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 179.60/-23.00 11 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A -178.10/-20.60 12 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A -175.50/-19.20 13 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A -174.50/-18.50 14 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A -173.60/-17.90 15 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A -172.40/-17.50 16 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 N/A -171.80/-17.50 17 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 N/A -171.20/-17.50 18 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 N/A -171.00/-17.50 19 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A -170.80/-17.20 20 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 196 0 N/A -171.10/-17.10 21 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A -171.60/-17.10 22 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 186 0 N/A -172.30/-17.10 23 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 196 0 N/A -173.30/-17.40 24 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 N/A -174.60/-17.50 24 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 214 0 <1K -176.80/-17.80 24 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 214 0 5K -178.50/-18.10 24 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 4K 179.90/-18.40 24 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 186 0 6K 178.70/-18.70 24 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A 178.10/-19.50 24 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 178.70/-21.00 24 GREEN 25 OCT 2016 06:52 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A -179.20/-23.30 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 24 OF 19 FEB 2016 00:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 20 FEB 2016 02:00 LEVUKA FIJI 0.6 21 FEB 2016 07:00 NABOUWALU FIJI 0.6 21 FEB 2016 07:00 VABEA FIJI 0.6 20 FEB 2016 06:00 VANUAVATU FIJI 0.6 21 FEB 2016 11:00 KADUVU FIJI 0.6 21 FEB 2016 11:00 NUKUVOU FIJI 0.6 21 FEB 2016 12:00 SOSO FIJI 0.5 21 FEB 2016 11:00 GASELE FIJI 0.4 21 FEB 2016 09:00 KAVALA FIJI 0.4 21 FEB 2016 13:00 NAMARA FIJI 0.3 21 FEB 2016 16:00 MBURELEVU FIJI 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$AND;EVENTID=1000252$AND;EPISODEID=24 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. 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