Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for OMA-19 in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands from 12 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC to 22 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC

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

22 Feb 2019 00 UTC

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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	0.3 m (19 Feb 12:00 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	74 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	167 km/h	0.3 m	n.a.	0.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

74 km/h Current Max.

Up to 310000 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
5	13 Feb 2019 00:00	93	320 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
6	13 Feb 2019 06:00	93	290 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
7	13 Feb 2019 12:00	111	230 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
8	13 Feb 2019 18:00	120	310 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
9	14 Feb 2019 00:00	120	290 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
10	14 Feb 2019 06:00	130	290 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
11	14 Feb 2019 12:00	139	290 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
12	14 Feb 2019 18:00	148	300 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
13	15 Feb 2019 00:00	167	300 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
14	15 Feb 2019 06:00	167	300 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
15	15 Feb 2019 12:00	167	300 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
16	15 Feb 2019 18:00	167	290 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
17	16 Feb 2019 00:00	167	310 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands
18	16 Feb 2019 06:00	167	320 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands
19	16 Feb 2019 12:00	167	330 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
20	16 Feb 2019 18:00	157	350 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
21	17 Feb 2019 00:00	157	350 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
22	17 Feb 2019 06:00	148	360 thousand	1 thousand	Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island
23	17 Feb 2019 12:00	148	350 thousand	1 thousand	Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island
24	17 Feb 2019 18:00	148	310 thousand	No people	Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island
25	18 Feb 2019 00:00	130	340 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island
26	18 Feb 2019 06:00	120	330 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island
27	18 Feb 2019 12:00	111	320 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island
28	18 Feb 2019 18:00	120	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island
29	19 Feb 2019 00:00	157	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
30	19 Feb 2019 06:00	167	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
31	19 Feb 2019 12:00	157	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
32	19 Feb 2019 18:00	139	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Australia, Solomon Islands
33	20 Feb 2019 00:00	130	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Australia, Solomon Islands
34	20 Feb 2019 06:00	130	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Australia, Solomon Islands
35	20 Feb 2019 12:00	111	4 million	No people	New Caledonia, Australia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
36	20 Feb 2019 18:00	102	3.5 million	No people	New Caledonia, Australia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
37	21 Feb 2019 00:00	93	3.7 million	No people	New Caledonia, Australia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
38	21 Feb 2019 06:00	83	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
39	21 Feb 2019 12:00	83	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
40	21 Feb 2019 18:00	74	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
41	22 Feb 2019 00:00	74	310 thousand	No people	New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands

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
5	13 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	160000 people	-14.4, 166.1	Solomon Islands
6	13 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	170000 people	-14.6, 165.1	Solomon Islands
7	13 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	200000 people	-14, 165	Solomon Islands
8	13 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	250000 people	-14.7, 165.4	Solomon Islands
9	14 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	250000 people	-14.7, 165.5	Solomon Islands
10	14 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	150000 people	-14.9, 165.5	Vanuatu
11	14 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	130000 people	-15.5, 165.2	Vanuatu
12	14 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	150000 people	-15.4, 165.4	Vanuatu
13	15 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	92000 people	-15.1, 165.2	Vanuatu
14	15 Feb 2019 06:00	Category 1	120	no people	82000 people	-15, 165.1	Vanuatu
15	15 Feb 2019 12:00	Category 1	130	no people	71000 people	-15.3, 164.6	Vanuatu
16	15 Feb 2019 18:00	Category 1	130	no people	17000 people	-15.5, 164.3	Vanuatu
17	16 Feb 2019 00:00	Category 1	130	no people	58000 people	-15.5, 163.9	Vanuatu
18	16 Feb 2019 06:00	Category 1	130	no people	9700 people	-15.5, 164.1	Vanuatu
19	16 Feb 2019 12:00	Category 1	130	no people	58000 people	-15.3, 164.2	Vanuatu
20	16 Feb 2019 18:00	Category 1	120	no people	75000 people	-15.3, 164.4	Vanuatu
21	17 Feb 2019 00:00	Category 1	120	no people	62000 people	-15.5, 164.2	Vanuatu
22	17 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	86000 people	-16.1, 164.3	New Caledonia
23	17 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	25000 people	-16.3, 164.3	New Caledonia
24	17 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	7400 people	-16.6, 164.1	New Caledonia
25	18 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	45000 people	-17.3, 164	Vanuatu
26	18 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	49000 people	-18.2, 163.3	New Caledonia
27	18 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	47000 people	-18.5, 163.1	New Caledonia
28	18 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	34000 people	-19, 162.7	New Caledonia
29	19 Feb 2019 00:00	Category 1	139	no people	31000 people	-19.7, 162.3	New Caledonia
30	19 Feb 2019 06:00	Category 1	139	no people	30000 people	-20, 162.1	New Caledonia
31	19 Feb 2019 12:00	Category 1	139	no people	35000 people	-20.6, 162	New Caledonia
32	19 Feb 2019 18:00	Category 1	139	no people	18000 people	-21.1, 161.5	New Caledonia
33	20 Feb 2019 00:00	Category 1	130	no people	2700 people	-21.4, 161.2	New Caledonia
34	20 Feb 2019 06:00	Category 1	130	no people	30000 people	-21.5, 161	New Caledonia
35	20 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	<1000 people	-21.9, 160.8
36	20 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	-22.1, 160.6
37	21 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	no people	-22.5, 160
38	21 Feb 2019 06:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	-23.4, 159.8
39	21 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	-24.1, 159.7
40	21 Feb 2019 18:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-24.7, 159.2
41	22 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-25.7, 159.1
41	22 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	<1000 people	-26.8, 159.1
41	23 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	<1000 people	-27.4, 159.6
41	23 Feb 2019 12:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	-26.9, 159.9
41	24 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	-26.2, 160
41	25 Feb 2019 00:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	-23.7, 159.8

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
New Caledonia
Vanuatu
Solomon Is.

Provinces

Region Province	Country
New Caledonia	New Caledonia
Vanuatu	Vanuatu
Solomon Is.	Solomon Islands

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)
Lord Howe Island	LDH	unknown	Civ.	Paved	Yes	2900
Mueo	PDC	unknown				0
Koumac	KOC	13	Civ.	Paved	No	3600
Kone	KNQ	7	Civ.	Paved	No	3200
Poum	PUV	unknown				0
Belep	BMY	unknown				0
Hienghene	HNG	unknown				0
Touho	TOU	3	Civ.	Paved	No	3600
Port Vila Bauerfield	VLI	20	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500
Quine Hill	UIQ	unknown				0
Lamap	LPM	unknown				0
South West Bay	SWJ	unknown				0
Sangafa		2	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200
Emae	EAE	unknown				0
Valesdir	VLS	unknown				0
Craig Cove	CCV	unknown				0
Big Bay	GBA	unknown				0
Epi	EPI	unknown				0
Lamen Bay	LNB	unknown				0
Santo Pekoa International	SON	56	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500
Ulei	ULB	unknown				0
Olpoi Nw Santo	OLJ	unknown				0
Walaha	WLH	unknown				0
Redcliffe	RCL	unknown				0
Sara	SSR	unknown				0
Longana	LOD	unknown				0
Maewo	MWF	unknown				0
Torres	TOH	unknown				0
Mota Lava	MTV	unknown				0
Santa Ana	NNB	unknown				0
Kirakira	IRA	2				0
Santa Cruz	SCZ	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Lord Howe Is	AULDH	Coral Sea Islands
Chesterfield Iles		Coral Sea Islands
Nepoui	NCNEP	New Caledonia
Babouillat		New Caledonia
Port Vila	VUVLI	Vanuatu
Forari Bay		Vanuatu
Port Sandwich	VUPSA	Vanuatu
Ambryn Island		Vanuatu
Santo	VUSAN	Vanuatu
Palikoulo Bay		Vanuatu
Turtle Bay		Vanuatu
Hog Harbor		Vanuatu
Pentecost Island		Vanuatu
Maewo Island		Vanuatu
Banks Island		Vanuatu
Cape Surville		Soloman Islands
Kira Kira		Soloman Islands
Peu		Soloman Islands
Graciosa Bay		Soloman Islands

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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

0.3 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.3m in Arama, New Caledonia. This height is estimated for 19 Feb 2019 12:00 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 (64 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 41 of 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	19 Feb 2019 12:00	Arama	New Caledonia	0.3
	19 Feb 2019 00:00	Poum-Plage	New Caledonia	0.3
	19 Feb 2019 00:00	Pam	New Caledonia	0.3
	19 Feb 2019 12:00	Wala	New Caledonia	0.2
	19 Feb 2019 00:00	Houone	New Caledonia	0.2
	19 Feb 2019 13:00	Ono	New Caledonia	0.2
	19 Feb 2019 12:00	Panane	New Caledonia	0.2
	19 Feb 2019 12:00	Mouane	New Caledonia	0.2
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Ballina	Australia	0.2
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	West Ballina	Australia	0.2
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	East Ballina	Australia	0.2
	19 Feb 2019 12:00	Pairome	New Caledonia	0.2
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Kingscliff-Fingal	Australia	0.2
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Chinderah	Australia	0.2
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Kingscliff	Australia	0.2
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Tweed Heads	Australia	0.2
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Coolangatta	Australia	0.2
	19 Feb 2019 12:00	Bweo	New Caledonia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 18:00	Round Mountain	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Cudgen	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 18:00	Lower Cudgera	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Empire Vale	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Keith Hall	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	North Creek	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 18:00	Sleepy Hollow	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 18:00	Warwick Park	Australia	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Poullappoe	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Menogoro	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Lolominiou	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Gavigamana	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Hokua	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Vipaka	Vanuatu	0.1
	19 Feb 2019 13:00	Poum	New Caledonia	0.1
	19 Feb 2019 13:00	Ouaco	New Caledonia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 15:00	Point Lookout	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Brunswick Heads	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Brunswick	Australia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 16:00	Tyagarah	Australia	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Wunpuku	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Walpey	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Nogugu	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Papoulassemouli	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Wonisule	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Vesalia	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Tasmate	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Wousi	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Takumuna	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Pualapa	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Wora	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Souleisere	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Piapouria	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Mae	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Tourebiou	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Lavatavo	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Iakobone	Vanuatu	0.1
	19 Feb 2019 14:00	Tiabet	New Caledonia	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Atsaritibi	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Robertsons	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Terou	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Worovok	Vanuatu	0.1
	12 Feb 2019 03:00	Ladhu	Vanuatu	0.1
	19 Feb 2019 16:00	Paagoumene	New Caledonia	0.1
	22 Feb 2019 13:00	Wardell	Australia	0.1
	24 Feb 2019 00:00	Kaala-Gomen	New Caledonia	0.1

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