WTPN40 LIJR 270341 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG) ************************************************** * GREEN ALERT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FOUR-15 * ************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE FOUR-15 CAN HAVE A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT BASED ON THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED AND THE AFFECTED POPULATION AND THEIR VULNERABILITY. UPDATED: THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 185.18 KM/H) -ON 27 MAR 2015 00:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS N/A -VULNERABILITY: NO EXTREME RAIN -------------- POTENTIAL RAINFALL IS CALCULATED BASED ON RAINFALL OBSERVED BY SEVERAL MICROWAVE SATELLITE SENSORS. THE IMAGE SHOWS THE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CYCLONE: HTTP://DMA.GDACS.ORG/SAVED/GDACS/TC/1000154/RAIN_1000154_1.PNG DETAILS =========== EVENT TIME LINE ---------------- THE STORM EVOLUTION IS SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW. ALERT LEVELS AND POPULATION ESTIMATES ARE RELATED TO THE AREA FROM A POINT TO THE NEXT. ADV. ALERT COL DATE UTC CATEGORY SPEED GUSTS POPULATION LAT/LON (WIND IN KM/H) AFFECTED 1 GREEN 27 MAR 2015 12:00 TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 156.80/7.10 1 GREEN 28 MAR 2015 00:00 TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 155.40/7.40 1 GREEN 28 MAR 2015 12:00 TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 153.80/7.60 1 GREEN 29 MAR 2015 00:00 TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 151.30/7.80 1 GREEN 30 MAR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A 145.70/8.40 1 GREEN 31 MAR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 N/A 140.20/9.20 1 GREEN 01 APR 2015 00:00 HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 186 0 N/A 135.50/10.30 JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC-EC) - OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UN-OCHA) ________________________________________ DISCLAIMER WHILE WE TRY EVERYTHING TO ENSURE ACCURACY, THIS INFORMATION IS PURELY INDICATIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY DECISION MAKING WITHOUT ALTERNATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION. THE JRC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON GDACS WEBSITE. PLEASE REFER TO THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR SUBSCRIBING OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ALERT EMAIL OR SMS SERVICE. END OF TROPICAL CYCLONE MESSAGE 00