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 1.4 m (05 Feb 19:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)
Landfall between
05 Feb 2021 06:00 - 05 Feb 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 65 km/h 1.4 m n.a. 0.5
Overall 65 km/h 1.4 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

65 km/h Current Max.

Up to 58000 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
Green 8 02 Feb 2021 06:00 83 2.1 million No people Australia
Green 9 02 Feb 2021 12:00 83 1.9 million No people Australia
Green 10 02 Feb 2021 18:00 74 1.2 million No people Australia
Green 11 03 Feb 2021 00:00 65 5 thousand No people Australia
Green 12 03 Feb 2021 06:00 65 8 thousand No people Australia
Green 13 03 Feb 2021 12:00 74 50 thousand No people Australia
Green 14 03 Feb 2021 18:00 65 60 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
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
8 02 Feb 2021 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -22.9, 115.7 Australia
GREEN
9 02 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -23.6, 115.1 Australia
GREEN
10 02 Feb 2021 18:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -24.2, 114.5 Australia
GREEN
11 03 Feb 2021 00:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -23.7, 114.3 Australia
GREEN
12 03 Feb 2021 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -23.9, 114.3 Australia
GREEN
13 03 Feb 2021 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -23.9, 114.5 Australia
GREEN
14 03 Feb 2021 18:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -23.8, 114.8 Australia
GREEN
14 04 Feb 2021 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -24.1, 114.7 Australia
GREEN
14 04 Feb 2021 18:00 Tropical depression 56 no people 6700 people -24.5, 113.9 Australia
GREEN
14 05 Feb 2021 06:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 8700 people -25.2, 113.4
GREEN
14 05 Feb 2021 18:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 58000 people -26.3, 113.2 Australia
GREEN
14 06 Feb 2021 18:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -29.2, 113.8
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
Australia

Provinces

Region Province Country
Western Australia Australia

Populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population
Geraldton Western Australia Australia City 27000 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)
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
Dongara DOX unknown 0
Eneabba ENB unknown 0
Jurien Bay JUR unknown 0

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
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

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

1.4 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  1.4m in Denham, Australia. This height is estimated for 05 Feb 2021 19:00 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 (37 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 14 of 03 Feb 2021 18:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
05 Feb 2021 19:00 Denham Australia  1.4
06 Feb 2021 02:00 Tamala Australia  1.0
06 Feb 2021 00:00 Nanga Australia  1.0
06 Feb 2021 02:00 Useless Loop Australia  0.9
06 Feb 2021 02:00 Carrarang Australia  0.9
05 Feb 2021 19:00 Shark Bay Australia  0.7
05 Feb 2021 09:00 Mardie Australia  0.5
05 Feb 2021 17:00 Dirk Hartog Australia  0.4
05 Feb 2021 08:00 Carnarvon Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Glenroy Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 08:00 East Lewis I Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 08:00 Wickham Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 08:00 Point Samson Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 08:00 Cossack Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 10:00 Learmonth Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 14:00 Derby Australia  0.3
05 Feb 2021 10:00 Condon Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 20:00 Thangoo Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 20:00 Broome Australia  0.2
06 Feb 2021 10:00 Kalbarri Australia  0.2
06 Feb 2021 18:00 Geraldton Australia  0.2
06 Feb 2021 18:00 Drummond Cove Australia  0.2
06 Feb 2021 18:00 Popes Landing Australia  0.2
06 Feb 2021 18:00 Waggrakine Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 20:00 Kennedys Cottage Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 20:00 Waterbank Australia  0.2
05 Feb 2021 09:00 Exmouth Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 18:00 Cardabia Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 08:00 Ah Chong I Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 07:00 Quobba Australia  0.1
06 Feb 2021 12:00 Gregory Australia  0.1
06 Feb 2021 15:00 Horrocks Australia  0.1
06 Feb 2021 15:00 Lynton Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 18:00 Warroora Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 07:00 Cape Cuvier Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Pender Australia  0.1
05 Feb 2021 12:00 Kollan I Australia  0.1