Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for OMA-19
in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
12 Feb 2019 00 UTC
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  • GDACS JTWC
Impact Single TC
Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

    Tropical Cyclone OMA-19 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

    Meteorological source GDACS
    Exposed countries New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
    Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
    Maximum wind speed 167 km/h
    Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (14 Feb 13:00 UTC)
    Vulnerability High (Solomon Is.)

    GDACS Score

    GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
    For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
      Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
    Current 93 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
    Overall 167 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5

    Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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    Wind

      93 km/h Current Max.

      Up to 190000 people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

      Impact Timeline

        Alert N° Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
        Tropical Storm or higher        		 Population in
        Cat 1. or higher        		 Countries
        Green 1 12 Feb 2019 00:00 93 190 thousand No people Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia

        Bulletin Timeline

          Alert N° Date (UTC) Category
          (SSHS)           		Max winds
          (km/h)           		Population in
          Cat.1 or higher           		Population in
          Tropical Storm
          or higher           		Location (lat, lon) Countries
          GREEN
          		 1 12 Feb 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 15000 people -14, 164.5 Vanuatu
          GREEN
          		 1 12 Feb 2019 12:00 Tropical storm 74 no people 15000 people -14, 165.3 Vanuatu
          GREEN
          		 1 13 Feb 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 83 no people 130000 people -14.1, 165.7 Solomon Islands
          GREEN
          		 1 13 Feb 2019 12:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 150000 people -14.3, 165.9 Solomon Islands
          GREEN
          		 1 14 Feb 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 150000 people -14.7, 166.1 Vanuatu
          GREEN
          		 1 15 Feb 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 83 no people 140000 people -16.3, 166.4 Vanuatu
          GREEN
          		 1 16 Feb 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 74 no people 33000 people -18.3, 166 New Caledonia
          GREEN
          		 1 17 Feb 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people -19.8, 164.2 New Caledonia
          Actual track of the current bulletin
          The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.
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          Exposed population - AoIs

          Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

          Countries

          Country
          Vanuatu
          Solomon Is.
          New Caledonia

          Provinces

          Region Province Country
          Vanuatu Vanuatu
          Solomon Is. Solomon Islands
          New Caledonia New Caledonia

          Critical infrastructure

          Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

          Airports

          Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft)
          Olpoi Nw Santo OLJ unknown 0
          Torres TOH unknown 0
          Santo Pekoa International SON 56 Civ. Paved Yes 6500
          Mota Lava MTV unknown 0
          Walaha WLH unknown 0
          Big Bay GBA unknown 0
          Redcliffe RCL unknown 0
          Longana LOD unknown 0
          Maewo MWF unknown 0
          Craig Cove CCV unknown 0
          South West Bay SWJ unknown 0
          Sara SSR unknown 0
          Ulei ULB unknown 0
          Lamen Bay LNB unknown 0
          Valesdir VLS unknown 0
          Epi EPI unknown 0
          Belep BMY unknown 0
          Poum PUV unknown 0
          Koumac KOC 13 Civ. Paved No 3600
          Hienghene HNG unknown 0
          Touho TOU 3 Civ. Paved No 3600
          Kone KNQ 7 Civ. Paved No 3200

          Ports

          Name LOCODE Country
          Hog Harbor Vanuatu
          Banks Island Vanuatu
          Turtle Bay Vanuatu
          Santo VUSAN Vanuatu
          Palikoulo Bay Vanuatu
          Peu Soloman Islands
          Maewo Island Vanuatu
          Pentecost Island Vanuatu
          Port Sandwich VUPSA Vanuatu
          Ambryn Island Vanuatu
          Babouillat New Caledonia
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          Rainfall

          Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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          StormSurge

          0.2 m

          The maximum Storm surge height is  0.2m in Mae, Vanuatu. This height is estimated for 14 Feb 2019 13:00 UTC .

          The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

          Locations affected by Storm surge (51 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 1 of 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

          Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
          14 Feb 2019 13:00 Mae Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 13:00 Bakakara Vanuatu  0.2
          13 Feb 2019 23:00 Wunpuku Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 06:00 Nogugu Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 06:00 Papoulassemouli Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 06:00 Wonisule Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 06:00 Vesalia Vanuatu  0.2
          13 Feb 2019 23:00 Poullappoe Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 05:00 Menogoro Vanuatu  0.2
          13 Feb 2019 23:00 Walpey Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 05:00 Lolominiou Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 02:00 Segond Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 02:00 Luganville Vanuatu  0.2
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Hokua Vanuatu  0.2
          14 Feb 2019 07:00 Wousi Vanuatu  0.2
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Takumuna Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Wora Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Souleisere Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 05:00 Piapouria Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Lavatavo Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 13:00 Losoue Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 05:00 Tourebiou Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Atsaritibi Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 05:00 Robertsons Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 05:00 Terou Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 05:00 Worovok Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 02:00 Palikoulo Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 05:00 Ladhu Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 07:00 Pualapa Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 13:00 Olo Olo Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 13:00 Tasiriki Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 13:00 Gavigamana Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 16:00 Vipaka Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 07:00 Tasmate Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Iakobone Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Hog Harbour Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Lowarhe Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 16:00 Lear Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Tolab Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Pek Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Mesabolo Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 16:00 Crepeta Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Ngusui Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Levonu Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Avira Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 04:00 Wailapo Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 04:00 Youelapa Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 13:00 Abnetare Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Longtal Vanuatu  0.1
          13 Feb 2019 22:00 Coulons Vanuatu  0.1
          14 Feb 2019 04:00 Saraotou Vanuatu  0.1