Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for VERONICA-19
in Australia

Impact

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

Meteorological source GDACS
Exposed countries Australia
Exposed population 4 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 259 km/h
Maximum storm surge 1.1 m (25 Mar 02:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)

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 194 km/h 1.1 m n.a. 0.5
Overall 259 km/h 1.1 m n.a. 0.5

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

Wind

194 km/h Current Max.

Up to 26000 people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
Tropical Storm or higher
Population in
Cat 1. or higher
Countries
Green 1 19 Mar 2019 18:00 194 30 thousand 1 thousand Australia
Green 2 20 Mar 2019 00:00 194 30 thousand Few people Australia
Green 3 20 Mar 2019 06:00 213 30 thousand 5 thousand Australia
Green 4 20 Mar 2019 12:00 204 30 thousand 20 thousand Australia
Green 5 20 Mar 2019 18:00 259 40 thousand 6 thousand Australia
Green 6 21 Mar 2019 00:00 259 50 thousand Few people Australia
Green 7 21 Mar 2019 06:00 250 50 thousand 10 thousand Australia
Green 8 21 Mar 2019 12:00 213 40 thousand 9 thousand Australia
Green 9 21 Mar 2019 18:00 213 40 thousand Few people Australia
Green 10 22 Mar 2019 00:00 213 40 thousand Few people Australia
Green 11 22 Mar 2019 06:00 204 40 thousand Few people Australia
Green 12 22 Mar 2019 12:00 176 40 thousand 10 thousand Australia
Green 13 22 Mar 2019 18:00 167 40 thousand 20 thousand Australia
Green 14 23 Mar 2019 00:00 148 40 thousand 20 thousand Australia
Green 15 23 Mar 2019 06:00 148 40 thousand Few people Australia
Green 16 23 Mar 2019 12:00 167 40 thousand Few people Australia
Green 17 23 Mar 2019 18:00 194 40 thousand 20 thousand Australia
Green 18 24 Mar 2019 00:00 213 50 thousand 20 thousand Australia
Green 19 24 Mar 2019 06:00 194 50 thousand 30 thousand Australia

Bulletin Timeline

Alert 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 19 Mar 2019 18:00 Tropical storm 74 no people no people -14.9, 119.7
GREEN
2 20 Mar 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 93 no people no people -15.4, 119
GREEN
3 20 Mar 2019 06:00 Tropical storm 102 no people no people -15.6, 118.3
GREEN
4 20 Mar 2019 12:00 Tropical storm 111 no people no people -15.9, 117.8
GREEN
5 20 Mar 2019 18:00 Category 3 204 no people no people -15.9, 117.6
GREEN
6 21 Mar 2019 00:00 Category 4 231 no people no people -16.4, 117.7
GREEN
7 21 Mar 2019 06:00 Category 4 231 no people no people -16.8, 117.4
GREEN
8 21 Mar 2019 12:00 Category 4 213 no people no people -17.3, 117.4
GREEN
9 21 Mar 2019 18:00 Category 3 204 no people no people -17.5, 116.9
GREEN
10 22 Mar 2019 00:00 Category 3 204 no people no people -17.6, 116.8
GREEN
11 22 Mar 2019 06:00 Category 3 204 no people no people -17.8, 116.7
GREEN
12 22 Mar 2019 12:00 Category 2 176 no people 40000 people -18.1, 116.8 Australia
GREEN
13 22 Mar 2019 18:00 Category 2 167 no people 40000 people -18.2, 116.9 Australia
GREEN
14 23 Mar 2019 00:00 Category 1 148 no people 41000 people -18.7, 117 Australia
GREEN
15 23 Mar 2019 06:00 Category 1 148 no people 42000 people -19, 117.1 Australia
GREEN
16 23 Mar 2019 12:00 Category 2 167 no people 43000 people -19.3, 117.4 Australia
GREEN
17 23 Mar 2019 18:00 Category 3 194 <1000 people 44000 people -19.8, 117.5 Australia
GREEN
18 24 Mar 2019 00:00 Category 4 213 3800 people 45000 people -20.1, 117.5 Australia
GREEN
19 24 Mar 2019 06:00 Category 3 194 <1000 people 42000 people -20.4, 117.7 Australia
GREEN
19 24 Mar 2019 18:00 Category 2 157 24000 people 43000 people -20.6, 117.6 Australia
GREEN
19 25 Mar 2019 06:00 Category 1 120 18000 people 28000 people -20.7, 116.6 Australia
GREEN
19 25 Mar 2019 18:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 6400 people -20.9, 115.3 Australia
GREEN
19 26 Mar 2019 06:00 Tropical storm 74 no people 3500 people -21.4, 113.9 Australia
GREEN
19 27 Mar 2019 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -21.9, 111.2
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
Australia

Provinces

Region Province Country
Western Australia Australia

Populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population
Karratha Western Australia Australia City 11000 people
Dampier Western Australia Australia City -

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)
Roebourne RBU unknown 0
Karratha KTA 9 Civ. Paved Yes 6000
Barrow Island BWB 8 Civ. Paved Yes 6200

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
Point Samson AUPSM Coral Sea Islands
Port Walcott AUPWL Coral Sea Islands
Roebourne AURBU Coral Sea Islands
Withnell Bay Coral Sea Islands
Dampier AUDAM Coral Sea Islands
Cape Preston AUCPN Coral Sea Islands
Varanus Island AUVAR Coral Sea Islands
Barrow Island AUBWB Coral Sea Islands

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

1.1 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  1.1m in Wickham, Australia. This height is estimated for 25 Mar 2019 02:00 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 (17 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 17 of 23 Mar 2019 18:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
25 Mar 2019 02:00 Wickham Australia  1.1
25 Mar 2019 02:00 Point Samson Australia  1.1
25 Mar 2019 02:00 Cossack Australia  1.1
23 Mar 2019 18:00 Condon Australia  0.6
25 Mar 2019 10:00 East Lewis I Australia  0.6
22 Mar 2019 19:00 Ah Chong I Australia  0.5
25 Mar 2019 23:00 Derby Australia  0.5
26 Mar 2019 03:00 Mardie Australia  0.4
25 Mar 2019 21:00 Kennedys Cottage Australia  0.2
19 Mar 2019 23:00 Kollan I Australia  0.2
25 Mar 2019 20:00 Pender Australia  0.2
26 Mar 2019 15:00 Learmonth Australia  0.2
23 Mar 2019 12:00 Thangoo Australia  0.2
22 Mar 2019 07:00 Broome Australia  0.1
26 Mar 2019 14:00 Exmouth Australia  0.1
22 Mar 2019 13:00 Waterbank Australia  0.1
26 Mar 2019 14:00 Glenroy Australia  0.1