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 1.3 m (06 Feb 00:00 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 93 km/h 1.3 m n.a. 0.5
Overall 65 km/h 1.3 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

93 km/h Current Max.

Up to 1.9 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 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

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
7 02 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -22.9, 114.7 Australia
GREEN
7 03 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical depression 56 no people <1000 people -23.2, 113.9 Australia
GREEN
7 03 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical storm 65 no people <1000 people -23.2, 113.4
GREEN
7 04 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical storm 74 no people <1000 people -23.1, 113
GREEN
7 05 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 6500 people -23.8, 112.1
GREEN
7 06 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical storm 83 no people 1.9 million people -26.3, 112.3
GREEN
7 07 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical storm 74 no people no people -30.4, 113.3
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
Geraldton Western Australia Australia City 27000 people
Northam Western Australia Australia City 5800 people
Perth Western Australia Australia Major city 1.4 million people
Armadale Western Australia Australia City -
Byford Western Australia Australia City -
Medina Western Australia Australia City -
Rockingham Western Australia Australia City -
Warnbro Western Australia Australia City -
Peelhurst Western Australia Australia City -
Singleton Western Australia Australia City -
Mandurah Western Australia Australia City 73000 people
Falcon Western Australia Australia City -
Pinjarra 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)
Carnarvon CVQ 4 Civ. Paved Yes 5500
Shark Bay MJK 34 Priv. Paved No 5500
Useless Loop USL unknown 0
Kalbarri KAX unknown 0
Mullewa MXU unknown 0
Geraldton GET 37 Civ. Paved Yes 6400
Morawa MWB 270 Civ. Unpaved Yes 3000
Dongara DOX unknown 0
Eneabba ENB unknown 0
Jurien Bay JUR unknown 0
Gingin 73 Civ. Paved No 5900
Pearce 45 Civ. Paved Yes 8000
Perth International PER 20 Civ. Paved Yes 11200
Rottnest Island RTS 4 Civ. Paved Yes 4200
Fremantle Heliport JFM unknown 0
Perth Jandakot JAD 30 Civ. Paved Yes 4500
Murray Field 17 0

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
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
Geraldton AUGET Coral Sea Islands
Dongarra Coral Sea Islands
Rottnest Island AURTS Coral Sea Islands
Fremantle AUFRE Coral Sea Islands
Kwinana AUKWI Coral Sea Islands

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year
Mundaring Weir Helena 1959
Victoria Reservoir New Victoria Munday Brook 1991
Canning Reservoir Canning Canning 1940
Wungong Reservoir Wungong Wungong Brook 1979
Serpentine Reservoir Serpentine Serpentine 1961

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

1.3 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  1.3m in Denham, Australia. This height is estimated for 06 Feb 2021 00:00 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 (38 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 7 of 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Denham Australia  1.3
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Tamala Australia  1.0
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Useless Loop Australia  1.0
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Nanga Australia  0.9
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Shark Bay Australia  0.8
05 Feb 2021 22:00 Dirk Hartog Australia  0.8
03 Feb 2021 15:00 Wickham Australia  0.5
03 Feb 2021 15:00 Point Samson Australia  0.5
03 Feb 2021 15:00 Cossack Australia  0.5
04 Feb 2021 07:00 Mardie Australia  0.5
05 Feb 2021 20:00 Carnarvon Australia  0.4
03 Feb 2021 23:00 East Lewis I Australia  0.4
04 Feb 2021 09:00 Learmonth Australia  0.4
05 Feb 2021 17:00 Glenroy Australia  0.4
03 Feb 2021 16:00 Condon Australia  0.4
03 Feb 2021 20:00 Derby Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 02:00 Thangoo Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 14:00 Quobba Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 02:00 Broome Australia  0.3
04 Feb 2021 09:00 Exmouth Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 10:00 Cape Cuvier Australia  0.2
03 Feb 2021 07:00 Cardabia Australia  0.2
04 Feb 2021 02:00 Waterbank Australia  0.2
04 Feb 2021 02:00 Kennedys Cottage Australia  0.2
04 Feb 2021 09:00 Warroora Australia  0.2
04 Feb 2021 05:00 Ah Chong I Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 07:00 Gnaraloo Australia  0.2
03 Feb 2021 13:00 Ningaloo Australia  0.1
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Carrarang Australia  0.1
04 Feb 2021 02:00 Pender Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 18:00 Kollan I Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 21:00 Larrakeyah Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 21:00 Fannie Bay Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 21:00 Parap Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 21:00 Darwin Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 21:00 Nightcliff Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 21:00 Ludmilla Australia  0.1
03 Feb 2021 21:00 Bagot Australia  0.1