Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for OMA-19 in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands from 12 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC to 18:00

GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters.

Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for OMA-19

in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands

12 Feb 2019 18 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	0.4 m (14 Feb 03:00 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	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	167 km/h	0.4 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 340000 people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Max Winds (km/h)	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Population in Cat 1. or higher	Countries
1	12 Feb 2019 00:00	93	190 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
2	12 Feb 2019 06:00	93	300 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
3	12 Feb 2019 12:00	102	280 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
4	12 Feb 2019 18:00	93	340 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia

Bulletin Timeline

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
1	12 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	15000 people	-14, 164.5	Vanuatu
2	12 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	160000 people	-13.7, 164.9	Solomon Islands
3	12 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	160000 people	-13.7, 165.5	Solomon Islands
4	12 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	200000 people	-14, 166	Solomon Islands
4	13 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	250000 people	-14.2, 166.4	Solomon Islands
4	13 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	250000 people	-14.6, 166.8	Solomon Islands
4	14 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	230000 people	-15.1, 167.2	Solomon Islands
4	14 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	230000 people	-15.9, 167.4	Vanuatu
4	15 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	180000 people	-17.5, 166.9	Vanuatu
4	16 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	86000 people	-18.6, 165.2	New Caledonia
4	17 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-20.1, 163.7	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

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Port-Vila		Vanuatu	Capital	36000 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)
Torres	TOH	unknown				0
Olpoi Nw Santo	OLJ	unknown				0
Mota Lava	MTV	unknown				0
Santo Pekoa International	SON	56	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500
Walaha	WLH	unknown				0
Maewo	MWF	unknown				0
Redcliffe	RCL	unknown				0
Longana	LOD	unknown				0
Big Bay	GBA	unknown				0
Santa Cruz	SCZ	unknown				0
Sara	SSR	unknown				0
Craig Cove	CCV	unknown				0
South West Bay	SWJ	unknown				0
Ulei	ULB	unknown				0
Lamen Bay	LNB	unknown				0
Valesdir	VLS	unknown				0
Epi	EPI	unknown				0
Sangafa		2	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200
Emae	EAE	unknown				0
Lamap	LPM	unknown				0
Quine Hill	UIQ	unknown				0
Port Vila Bauerfield	VLI	20	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500
Belep	BMY	unknown				0
Poum	PUV	unknown				0
Ouvea Ouloup	UVE	7	Civ.	Paved	No	3600
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
Houailou / Nesson	HLU	3	Civ.	Paved	No	3200
Mueo	PDC	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Banks Island		Vanuatu
Hog Harbor		Vanuatu
Turtle Bay		Vanuatu
Santo	VUSAN	Vanuatu
Palikoulo Bay		Vanuatu
Maewo Island		Vanuatu
Peu		Soloman Islands
Pentecost Island		Vanuatu
Port Sandwich	VUPSA	Vanuatu
Ambryn Island		Vanuatu
Graciosa Bay		Soloman Islands
Port Vila	VUVLI	Vanuatu
Forari Bay		Vanuatu
Babouillat		New Caledonia
Baie Ugue	NCBUG	New Caledonia
Baie de Poro	NCPOR	New Caledonia
Nepoui	NCNEP	New Caledonia
Kouaoua	NCKOU	New Caledonia
Thialis	NCTHI	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

0.4 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.4m in Iakobone, Vanuatu. This height is estimated for 14 Feb 2019 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 (116 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 4 of 12 Feb 2019 18:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	14 Feb 2019 03:00	Iakobone	Vanuatu	0.4
	14 Feb 2019 05:00	Hog Harbour	Vanuatu	0.4
	14 Feb 2019 11:00	Saraotou	Vanuatu	0.3
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Segond	Vanuatu	0.3
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Luganville	Vanuatu	0.3
	14 Feb 2019 13:00	Palikoulo	Vanuatu	0.3
	13 Feb 2019 21:00	Wora	Vanuatu	0.3
	13 Feb 2019 15:00	Hokua	Vanuatu	0.3
	14 Feb 2019 03:00	Lowarhe	Vanuatu	0.3
	13 Feb 2019 15:00	Takumuna	Vanuatu	0.3
	13 Feb 2019 22:00	Souleisere	Vanuatu	0.3
	14 Feb 2019 01:00	Piapouria	Vanuatu	0.3
	14 Feb 2019 22:00	Brenwe	Vanuatu	0.3
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Longtal	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 22:00	Laravet	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 03:00	Ladhu	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 03:00	Terou	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 03:00	Worovok	Vanuatu	0.2
	13 Feb 2019 18:00	Menogoro	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 14:00	Asavagas	Vanuatu	0.2
	13 Feb 2019 18:00	Lolominiou	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 12:00	Abnetare	Vanuatu	0.2
	13 Feb 2019 20:00	Nogugu	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 22:00	Ellarmo	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 17:00	Vao	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Mae	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Katbol	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Walaha	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Wailapo	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Youelapa	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Vinmavis	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 23:00	Lakatoro	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Duin Dui	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Walurigi	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Lolopuepue	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 04:00	Wousi	Vanuatu	0.2
	13 Feb 2019 20:00	Tolab	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Lowitava	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 04:00	Pualapa	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 03:00	Mae	Vanuatu	0.2
	15 Feb 2019 01:00	Tavendrua	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Lolovele	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 06:00	Lolowai	Vanuatu	0.2
	13 Feb 2019 15:00	Wunpuku	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 04:00	Tasmate	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 09:00	Coulons	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Olo Olo	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 06:00	Bakakara	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 15:00	Wowo	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 20:00	Norsup	Vanuatu	0.2
	15 Feb 2019 04:00	Limap	Vanuatu	0.2
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Longang	Vanuatu	0.2
	13 Feb 2019 13:00	Vipaka	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 17:00	Pek	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 20:00	Mesabolo	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 17:00	Crepeta	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 17:00	Levonu	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 20:00	Avira	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 17:00	Laruru	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 06:00	Jasmori	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 06:00	Narovorovo	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Abatabanga	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 01:00	Robertsons	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 15:00	Walpey	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 13:00	Gavigamana	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 17:00	Lear	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Losoue	Vanuatu	0.1
	15 Feb 2019 04:00	Wintua	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Melip	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Roghumbo	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Rerep	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Lonbilingdoun	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 03:00	Vesalia	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 17:00	Ngusui	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Tasiriki	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Tenmaru	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Lambulmbatuei	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Ranvetlam	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Linbul	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 11:00	Lamarou	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Olal	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 11:00	Paia	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 13:00	Potnarvin	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 15:00	Poullappoe	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 02:00	Papoulassemouli	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 02:00	Wonisule	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 21:00	Tourebiou	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 02:00	Lavatavo	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Malfakhal	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Faroun	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Meriver	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Lamap	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Fali	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Yelowouwou	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Yaotilie	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Port-Vato	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Fonwor	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Endu Pahakol	Vanuatu	0.1
	13 Feb 2019 21:00	Atsaritibi	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 13:00	Ipota	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 08:00	Bourbar	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Peskarus	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Ponkovia	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Lamen	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Vaoleli	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Tafouale	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Pawe	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Liro	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Nikaura	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Tavio	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Ignal	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Lulep Nesa	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Mate	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Toak	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Halos	Vanuatu	0.1
	14 Feb 2019 07:00	Votlo	Vanuatu	0.1

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