WTPQ40 LIJR 291818 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 SIX-16 * ************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE SIX-16 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 1. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 138.89 KM/H) -ON 29 JUL 2016 12:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 18.2 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/1000280/RAIN_1000280_1.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 1.1 M IN SAU MAU PING (HONG KONG (CHINA)). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 8/2/2016 12:00:00 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 1 GREEN 29 JUL 2016 18:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 126.60/13.10 1 GREEN 29 JUL 2016 18:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 125.90/14.50 1 GREEN 29 JUL 2016 18:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 4K 124.60/16.10 1 ORANGE 29 JUL 2016 18:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 1.7 M 122.50/17.60 1 GREEN 29 JUL 2016 18:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 <1K 118.40/19.80 1 ORANGE 29 JUL 2016 18:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 16.6 M 114.50/21.70 1 GREEN 29 JUL 2016 18:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 110.10/23.70 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1 OF 29 JUL 2016 12:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 02 AUG 2016 12:00 SAU MAU PING HONG KONG (CHINA) 1.1 02 AUG 2016 12:00 A KUNG NGAM HONG KONG (CHINA) 1.1 02 AUG 2016 12:00 LONG KE HONG KONG (CHINA) 1.1 02 AUG 2016 12:00 LUZUI CHINA 1.1 02 AUG 2016 12:00 GANGKOU CHINA 1.0 02 AUG 2016 12:00 PINGHAI CHINA 1.0 02 AUG 2016 12:00 HANG HAU HONG KONG (CHINA) 1.0 02 AUG 2016 12:00 TAI WAN TAU HONG KONG (CHINA) 1.0 02 AUG 2016 12:00 TEI TONG TSU HONG KONG (CHINA) 1.0 02 AUG 2016 12:00 CHIK SHA HONG KONG (CHINA) 1.0 02 AUG 2016 12:00 TAIPANG CHINA 1.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000280$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