Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for RICK-21 in Mexico from 22 Oct 2021 15:00 UTC to 21:00

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for RICK-21

in Mexico

22 Oct 2021 21 UTC

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GDACS NOAA

Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone RICK-21 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Glide number:	FL-2021-000166-VNM
Exposed countries	Mexico
Exposed population	740 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	167 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (25 Oct 17:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Mexico)
Landfall	between 25 Oct 2021 06:00 - 25 Oct 2021 18:00 in Mexico

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	120 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	1.5
Overall	167 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	1.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

120 km/h Current Max.

Up to 2.8 million people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

Alert	N°	Date (UTC)	Max Winds (km/h)	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Population in Cat 1. or higher	Countries
	1	22 Oct 2021 15:00	139	2 million	560 thousand	Mexico
	2	22 Oct 2021 21:00	120	9 million	2.8 million	Mexico

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	22 Oct 2021 15:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	12.7, -100.5
2	22 Oct 2021 21:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	13.1, -101
2	23 Oct 2021 06:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	13.7, -101.4
2	23 Oct 2021 18:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	14.6, -102
2	24 Oct 2021 06:00	Category 1	139	no people	no people	15.3, -102.3
2	24 Oct 2021 18:00	Category 1	148	no people	220000 people	16.1, -102.6
2	25 Oct 2021 06:00	Category 1	139	14000 people	990000 people	17.1, -103
2	25 Oct 2021 18:00	Category 1	120	2.8 million people	8.9 million people	18.3, -103.3	Mexico
2	26 Oct 2021 18:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	23.2, -103.9	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
Michoacan	Mexico
Colima	Mexico
Jalisco	Mexico
Zacatecas	Mexico

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Coalcomán	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	City	10000 people
Tecalitlán	Jalisco	Mexico	City	13000 people
Tamazula de Gordiano	Jalisco	Mexico	City	-
Ciudad Guzmán	Jalisco	Mexico	City	-
Sayula	Jalisco	Mexico	City	25000 people
Atoyac	Jalisco	Mexico	City	5300 people
Zacoalco de Torres	Jalisco	Mexico	City	-
Amatitán	Jalisco	Mexico	City	9400 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)
Colima	CLQ	723	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500
Tuxpan		1225	Mil.	Paved	No	6700
Ciudad Guzman		1520				0
Zapopan	ZAP	1625				0

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year
	Trojes	Coahuayana	1994

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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

0.2 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.2m in Maruata, Mexico. This height is estimated for 25 Oct 2021 17:00 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 (7 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 2 of 22 Oct 2021 21:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	25 Oct 2021 17:00	Maruata	Mexico	0.2
	25 Oct 2021 17:00	Bucerias	Mexico	0.2
	23 Oct 2021 09:00	Huajapan	Mexico	0.2
	25 Oct 2021 13:00	Calla de Campos	Mexico	0.2
	23 Oct 2021 09:00	El Roble	Mexico	0.1
	25 Oct 2021 13:00	Chula	Mexico	0.1
	25 Oct 2021 16:00	Las Trojitas	Mexico	0.1

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