WTPN40 LIJR 142218 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 TWENTY-15 * **************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE TWENTY-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 194.44 KM/H) -ON 14 SEP 2015 18:00:00 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/1000212/RAIN_1000212_1.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.2 M IN HYOGIDAIRA (JAPAN). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 9/18/2015 6:00:00 PM UTC. 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 14 SEP 2015 22:18 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 151.20/18.00 1 GREEN 14 SEP 2015 22:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A 150.10/18.80 1 GREEN 14 SEP 2015 22:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 148.70/19.60 1 GREEN 14 SEP 2015 22:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A 146.60/20.60 1 GREEN 14 SEP 2015 22:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 0 N/A 143.50/22.70 1 GREEN 14 SEP 2015 22:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 196 0 N/A 142.30/25.80 1 GREEN 14 SEP 2015 22:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 186 0 N/A 144.00/29.40 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 1 OF 14 SEP 2015 18:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 6 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 18 SEP 2015 18:00 HYOGIDAIRA JAPAN 0.2 18 SEP 2015 18:00 OKI JAPAN 0.2 18 SEP 2015 18:00 ISHINOMURA JAPAN 0.2 18 SEP 2015 18:00 SAKAIURA JAPAN 0.1 18 SEP 2015 18:00 OGIGAURA JAPAN 0.1 18 SEP 2015 18:00 OMURA JAPAN 0.1 18 SEP 2015 14:00 HIGASHI JAPAN 0.1 01 JAN 0001 00:00 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000212$AND;EPISODEID=1 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 001