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 0.5 m (03 Feb 10:00 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 102 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
Overall 65 km/h 0.5 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 14000 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

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
5 02 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -21.8, 116.2 Australia
GREEN
5 02 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people 2700 people -22.4, 114.8 Australia
GREEN
5 03 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 2700 people -22.6, 113.7 Australia
GREEN
5 03 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical storm 74 no people <1000 people -22.5, 113
GREEN
5 04 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 6000 people -22.5, 112.2
GREEN
5 05 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical storm 102 no people 12000 people -24, 112.1
GREEN
5 06 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical storm 93 no people no people -26.1, 112.5
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
Exmouth 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)
Learmonth LEA 6 Mil. Paved Yes 9900
Exmouth Gulf EXM unknown 0
Gascoyne Junction GSC unknown 0
Carnarvon CVQ 4 Civ. Paved Yes 5500
Shark Bay MJK 34 Priv. Paved No 5500
Useless Loop USL unknown 0
Kalbarri KAX unknown 0

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
Exmouth AUPEX Coral Sea Islands
Learmonth Coral Sea Islands
Maud Landing Coral Sea Islands
Cape Cuvier Coral Sea Islands
Carnarvon AUCVQ Coral Sea Islands
Hamelin Pool Coral Sea Islands
Denham Coral Sea Islands
Useless Loop AUUSL Coral Sea Islands
Bluff Point Coral Sea Islands
Port Gregory 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

0.5 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  0.5m in Wickham, Australia. This height is estimated for 03 Feb 2021 10:00 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 (36 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 5 of 01 Feb 2021 12:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
03 Feb 2021 10:00 Wickham Australia  0.5
03 Feb 2021 10:00 Point Samson Australia  0.5
03 Feb 2021 10:00 Cossack Australia  0.5
03 Feb 2021 13:00 Mardie Australia  0.5
03 Feb 2021 17:00 Learmonth Australia  0.4
03 Feb 2021 11:00 East Lewis I Australia  0.4
03 Feb 2021 04:00 Condon Australia  0.4
03 Feb 2021 08:00 Derby Australia  0.4
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Glenroy Australia  0.3
03 Feb 2021 17:00 Exmouth Australia  0.3
03 Feb 2021 14:00 Thangoo Australia  0.3
03 Feb 2021 14:00 Broome Australia  0.2
03 Feb 2021 00:00 Ningaloo Australia  0.2
03 Feb 2021 14:00 Waterbank Australia  0.2
03 Feb 2021 14:00 Kennedys Cottage Australia  0.2
03 Feb 2021 14:00 Ah Chong I Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Useless Loop Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Denham Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Cardabia Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Cape Cuvier Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Dirk Hartog Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Quobba Australia  0.2
03 Feb 2021 06:00 Pender Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Gnaraloo Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Warroora Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 01:00 Bundera Bundera Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 05:00 Kollan I Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Carnarvon Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Nanga Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 09:00 Larrakeyah Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 09:00 Fannie Bay Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 09:00 Parap Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 09:00 Darwin Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 09:00 Nightcliff Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 09:00 Ludmilla Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 09:00 Bagot Australia  0.1