Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for EIGHTEEN-21
in Australia

Impact

Tropical Cyclone EIGHTEEN-21 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 No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 65 km/h
Maximum storm surge 0.8 m (05 Feb 18:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)
Landfall between
31 Jan 2021 12:00 - 31 Jan 2021 18:00

in 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 65 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
Overall 65 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

Wind

65 km/h Current Max.

Up to 5000 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 31 Jan 2021 12:00 93 Few people No people Australia
Green 2 31 Jan 2021 18:00 93 Few people No people Australia
Green 3 01 Feb 2021 00:00 93 4 thousand No people Australia
Green 4 01 Feb 2021 06:00 93 10 thousand No people Australia
Green 5 01 Feb 2021 12:00 102 10 thousand No people Australia
Green 6 01 Feb 2021 18:00 93 60 thousand No people Australia
Green 7 02 Feb 2021 00:00 93 1.9 million No people Australia
Green 8 02 Feb 2021 06:00 83 2.1 million No people Australia
Green 9 02 Feb 2021 12:00 83 1.9 million No people Australia
Green 10 02 Feb 2021 18:00 74 1.2 million No people Australia
Green 11 03 Feb 2021 00:00 65 5 thousand No people 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 31 Jan 2021 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -21.4, 121.1
GREEN
2 31 Jan 2021 18:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -21.3, 119.8 Australia
GREEN
3 01 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -20.6, 119 Australia
GREEN
4 01 Feb 2021 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -20.6, 119 Australia
GREEN
5 01 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -21.1, 118.1 Australia
GREEN
6 01 Feb 2021 18:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -21.5, 117.1 Australia
GREEN
7 02 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -22.1, 116.2 Australia
GREEN
8 02 Feb 2021 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -22.9, 115.7 Australia
GREEN
9 02 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -23.6, 115.1 Australia
GREEN
10 02 Feb 2021 18:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -24.2, 114.5 Australia
GREEN
11 03 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -23.7, 114.3 Australia
GREEN
11 03 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -23.7, 114.1 Australia
GREEN
11 04 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical depression 56 no people <1000 people -23.9, 113.7 Australia
GREEN
11 04 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 4300 people -24.2, 113.1
GREEN
11 05 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 4800 people -24.6, 112.8
GREEN
11 06 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -26.6, 112.9
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

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)
Carnarvon CVQ 4 Civ. Paved Yes 5500
Shark Bay MJK 34 Priv. Paved No 5500
Useless Loop USL unknown 0

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
Cape Cuvier Coral Sea Islands
Carnarvon AUCVQ Coral Sea Islands
Denham Coral Sea Islands
Useless Loop AUUSL 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

0.8 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  0.8m in Denham, Australia. This height is estimated for 05 Feb 2021 18:00 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 (31 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 11 of 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
05 Feb 2021 18:00 Denham Australia  0.8
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Carrarang Australia  0.7
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Tamala Australia  0.7
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Useless Loop Australia  0.7
05 Feb 2021 22:00 Nanga Australia  0.6
05 Feb 2021 15:00 Dirk Hartog Australia  0.5
05 Feb 2021 18:00 Shark Bay Australia  0.5
05 Feb 2021 00:00 Mardie Australia  0.4
04 Feb 2021 06:00 Gnaraloo Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 11:00 Carnarvon Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 23:00 Glenroy Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 22:00 Wickham Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 22:00 Point Samson Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 22:00 Cossack Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 21:00 Learmonth Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 09:00 Cape Cuvier Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 00:00 East Lewis I Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 10:00 Warroora Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 02:00 Derby Australia  0.2
04 Feb 2021 23:00 Condon Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 03:00 Quobba Australia  0.2
04 Feb 2021 10:00 Cardabia Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 00:00 Thangoo Australia  0.2
04 Feb 2021 21:00 Exmouth Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 00:00 Broome Australia  0.2
04 Feb 2021 11:00 Ningaloo Australia  0.1
04 Feb 2021 23:00 Ah Chong I Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 00:00 Waterbank Australia  0.1
04 Feb 2021 23:00 Kennedys Cottage Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 00:00 Pender Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 01:00 Kollan I Australia  0.1