Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for VERONICA-19
in Australia
21 Mar 2019 06 UTC
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  • GDACS JTWC
Impact Single TC
Impact based on all weather systems in the area

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 0.8 m (23 Mar 09:00 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 250 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
    Overall 259 km/h 0.8 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

      250 km/h Current Max.

      Up to 13000 people in Category 1 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 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

        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 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
          		 7 21 Mar 2019 18:00 Category 4 250 no people no people -17.4, 117
          GREEN
          		 7 22 Mar 2019 06:00 Category 4 250 no people no people -17.8, 116.7
          GREEN
          		 7 22 Mar 2019 18:00 Category 4 231 no people 40000 people -18.3, 116.7 Australia
          GREEN
          		 7 23 Mar 2019 06:00 Category 3 204 13000 people 41000 people -19.1, 117 Australia
          GREEN
          		 7 24 Mar 2019 06:00 Category 1 139 13000 people 43000 people -20.4, 118.1 Australia
          GREEN
          		 7 25 Mar 2019 06:00 Tropical storm 83 no people 46000 people -20.9, 118.4 Australia
          GREEN
          		 7 26 Mar 2019 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -21.5, 118 Australia
          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
          Port Hedland Western Australia Australia City 14000 people
          Wedgefield Western Australia Australia City -
          South Hedland 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)
          Port Hedland PHE 10 Civ. Paved Yes 8200

          Ports

          Name LOCODE Country
          Cossack Pioneer AUCOP Coral Sea Islands
          Port Hedland AUPHE Coral Sea Islands
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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

          0.8 m

          The maximum Storm surge height is  0.8m in Wickham, Australia. This height is estimated for 23 Mar 2019 09:00 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 (14 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 7 of 21 Mar 2019 06:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

          Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
          23 Mar 2019 09:00 Wickham Australia  0.8
          23 Mar 2019 09:00 Point Samson Australia  0.8
          23 Mar 2019 09:00 Cossack Australia  0.8
          25 Mar 2019 06:00 Thangoo Australia  0.6
          25 Mar 2019 06:00 Derby Australia  0.6
          25 Mar 2019 06:00 Condon Australia  0.5
          23 Mar 2019 07:00 Ah Chong I Australia  0.5
          25 Mar 2019 06:00 Broome Australia  0.4
          25 Mar 2019 06:00 Kennedys Cottage Australia  0.4
          25 Mar 2019 06:00 Waterbank Australia  0.4
          25 Mar 2019 06:00 Pender Australia  0.4
          23 Mar 2019 06:00 East Lewis I Australia  0.4
          22 Mar 2019 19:00 Mardie Australia  0.2
          25 Mar 2019 06:00 Kollan I Australia  0.2