Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for VERONICA-19
in Australia
20 Mar 2019 12 UTC
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  • GDACS JTWC
Impact Single TC
Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

    Tropical Cyclone VERONICA-19 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 4 thousand in Category 1 or higher
    Maximum wind speed 259 km/h
    Maximum storm surge 1.1 m (24 Mar 12:00 UTC)
    Vulnerability Low (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 204 km/h 1.1 m n.a. 0.5
    Overall 259 km/h 1.1 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

      204 km/h Current Max.

      Up to 19000 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
        Green 1 19 Mar 2019 18:00 194 30 thousand 1 thousand Australia
        Green 2 20 Mar 2019 00:00 194 30 thousand Few people Australia
        Green 3 20 Mar 2019 06:00 213 30 thousand 5 thousand Australia
        Green 4 20 Mar 2019 12:00 204 30 thousand 20 thousand Australia

        Bulletin Timeline

          Alert 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
          GREEN
          		 1 19 Mar 2019 18:00 Tropical storm 74 no people no people -14.9, 119.7
          GREEN
          		 2 20 Mar 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 93 no people no people -15.4, 119
          GREEN
          		 3 20 Mar 2019 06:00 Tropical storm 102 no people no people -15.6, 118.3
          GREEN
          		 4 20 Mar 2019 12:00 Tropical storm 111 no people no people -15.9, 117.8
          GREEN
          		 4 21 Mar 2019 00:00 Category 1 139 no people no people -16.4, 117.1
          GREEN
          		 4 21 Mar 2019 12:00 Category 2 167 no people no people -16.9, 116.5
          GREEN
          		 4 22 Mar 2019 00:00 Category 3 185 no people no people -17.3, 116
          GREEN
          		 4 22 Mar 2019 12:00 Category 3 204 no people 26000 people -17.7, 115.9 Australia
          GREEN
          		 4 23 Mar 2019 12:00 Category 2 176 19000 people 27000 people -19.3, 116.2 Australia
          GREEN
          		 4 24 Mar 2019 12:00 Category 1 130 19000 people 28000 people -20.4, 116.6 Australia
          GREEN
          		 4 25 Mar 2019 12:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people -21.1, 116.5 Australia
          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
          Dampier Western Australia Australia City -
          Karratha Western Australia Australia City 11000 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)
          Karratha KTA 9 Civ. Paved Yes 6000

          Ports

          Name LOCODE Country
          Cossack Pioneer AUCOP Coral Sea Islands
          Wandoo Marine Terminal Coral Sea Islands
          Withnell Bay Coral Sea Islands
          Dampier AUDAM Coral Sea Islands
          Cape Preston AUCPN Coral Sea 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

          1.1 m

          The maximum Storm surge height is  1.1m in Wickham, Australia. This height is estimated for 24 Mar 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 (14 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 4 of 20 Mar 2019 12:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

          Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
          24 Mar 2019 12:00 Wickham Australia  1.1
          24 Mar 2019 12:00 Point Samson Australia  1.1
          24 Mar 2019 12:00 Cossack Australia  1.1
          24 Mar 2019 12:00 East Lewis I Australia  0.8
          23 Mar 2019 19:00 Ah Chong I Australia  0.6
          20 Mar 2019 03:00 Derby Australia  0.3
          19 Mar 2019 23:00 Kollan I Australia  0.2
          23 Mar 2019 14:00 Mardie Australia  0.2
          24 Mar 2019 02:00 Condon Australia  0.2
          20 Mar 2019 02:00 Broome Australia  0.2
          19 Mar 2019 22:00 Pender Australia  0.2
          20 Mar 2019 02:00 Thangoo Australia  0.2
          20 Mar 2019 02:00 Waterbank Australia  0.2
          20 Mar 2019 02:00 Kennedys Cottage Australia  0.2