Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for HENRI-21
in United States

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone HENRI-21 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000815
Name HENRI-21
From - To 16 Aug - 23 Aug
Exposed countries United States
Exposed population 90 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 120 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 1 m (22 Aug 16:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (United States)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 46 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 166 km/h 0.8 m 488 mm 0.5
GFS 126 km/h 0.7 m 810 mm 0.5
ECMWF 58 km/h 0.6 m 351 mm 0.5
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USA - Tropical Depression HENRI (ECHO 23 Aug 2021)Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:33

  • After making landfall in an area at the border between Rhode Island and Connecticut States in the afternoon of 22 August, tropical cyclone HENRI has weakened to a tropical depression as it moves north overland. On 23 August at 3.00 UTC, its centre was located about 40 km north-west of Hartford City (Wisconsin), and 55 km south-west of Springfield (Illinois), with maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h. 
  • A State of Emergency was declared for Rhode Island and 36 people in Connecticut have been displaced to evacuation shelters, as reported by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
  • On the midday of 23 August, HENRI is forecast to turn eastwards and move across Massachusetts State, as a tropical depression. Then it is expected to reach the North Atlantic Ocean and further dissipate on 24 August.
  • A flood warning has been issued for Hartford City, while over the next 24 hours, moderate to heavy rain is forecast over the north-eastern USA.
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