Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for KATIA-17
in Mexico

Impact

Tropical Cyclone KATIA-17 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source GDACS
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population 520 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 176 km/h
Maximum storm surge 0.6 m (09 Sep 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

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 102 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
Overall 176 km/h 0.6 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

102 km/h Current Max.

Up to 3 million people in Tropical Storm 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 05 Sep 2017 21:00 102 3 million No people Mexico

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 05 Sep 2017 21:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 22.4, -96.7
GREEN
1 06 Sep 2017 06:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people 22.4, -96.3
GREEN
1 06 Sep 2017 18:00 Tropical storm 83 no people no people 22.2, -95.6
GREEN
1 07 Sep 2017 06:00 Tropical storm 93 no people no people 21.8, -95.2
GREEN
1 07 Sep 2017 18:00 Tropical storm 102 no people no people 21.4, -95.2
GREEN
1 08 Sep 2017 18:00 Tropical storm 102 no people 3 million people 20.9, -95.6 Mexico
GREEN
1 09 Sep 2017 18:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 19.7, -97.2 Mexico
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
Mexico

Provinces

Region Province Country
Veracruz Mexico
Puebla Mexico
Tlaxcala Mexico

Populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population
Papantla Veracruz Mexico City 47000 people
Misantla Veracruz Mexico City 23000 people
Tlapacoyan Veracruz Mexico City 33000 people
Teziutlán Puebla Mexico City 60000 people
Jalapa Veracruz Mexico Major city -
Perote Veracruz Mexico City 32000 people
Coatepec Veracruz Mexico City 48000 people
Tepeyahualco Puebla Mexico City -
Teocelo Veracruz Mexico City 9200 people
Libres Puebla Mexico City 13000 people
Huatuxco Veracruz Mexico City -
Tlachichuca Puebla Mexico City 7100 people

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)
El Lencero JAL 875 Civ. Paved No 5500

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year
La Soledad Apulco 1962

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

0.6 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  0.6m in Tenixtepec, Mexico. This height is estimated for 09 Sep 2017 03:00 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 (13 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 14 of 09 Sep 2017 03:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
09 Sep 2017 03:00 Tenixtepec Mexico  0.6
09 Sep 2017 02:00 Tamiahua Mexico  0.5
09 Sep 2017 02:00 Laja Mexico  0.5
09 Sep 2017 02:00 El Naranjal Mexico  0.4
09 Sep 2017 00:00 La Guadalupe Mexico  0.2
09 Sep 2017 00:00 Monte Gordo Mexico  0.2
09 Sep 2017 02:00 Agua Dulce Mexico  0.2
08 Sep 2017 23:00 El Tular Mexico  0.1
08 Sep 2017 23:00 La Mata Mexico  0.1
09 Sep 2017 05:00 Tecolutla Mexico  0.1
09 Sep 2017 00:00 Nautla Mexico  0.1
09 Sep 2017 01:00 Cabo Rojito Mexico  0.1
06 Sep 2017 16:00 La Presita Mexico  0.1