WTPQ40 LIJR 231750 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG) ***************************************************** * ORANGE ALERT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE DUJUAN-15 * ***************************************************** SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE DUJUAN-15 CAN HAVE A MEDIUM HUMANITARIAN IMPACT BASED ON THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED AND THE AFFECTED POPULATION AND THEIR VULNERABILITY. UPDATED: THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 8. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 203.70 KM/H) -ON 23 SEP 2015 12:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 800 K -VULNERABILITY: LOW 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/1000217/RAIN_1000217_8.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.3 M IN FUSOZAKI (JAPAN). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 9/27/2015 12:00:00 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 2 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 47 0 N/A 140.60/16.50 3 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 47 0 N/A 140.90/17.40 4 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 139.60/17.60 5 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) TROPICAL DEPRESSION 56 0 N/A 138.30/17.50 6 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 136.70/17.60 7 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A 135.60/18.30 8 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A 134.70/18.30 8 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) TROPICAL STORM 93 0 N/A 133.40/19.00 8 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) TROPICAL STORM 112 0 N/A 132.60/19.40 8 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 N/A 131.90/20.00 8 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 149 0 N/A 131.00/20.90 8 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 186 0 N/A 129.30/22.80 8 ORANGE 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 800 K 127.70/24.90 8 GREEN 23 SEP 2015 17:50 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 205 0 N/A 126.40/26.90 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 8 OF 23 SEP 2015 12:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 27 SEP 2015 12:00 FUSOZAKI JAPAN 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 ISHIKAWA JAPAN 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 CH'ING-SHUI- CHINA 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 CH'IU-WANG CHINA 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 FENG-P'U-AO CHINA 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 TAIPINGZHA CHINA 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 HENG-PA-TS'U CHINA 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 LINSHAN CHINA 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 SONGXIA CHINA 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 CHENGPU CHINA 0.3 27 SEP 2015 12:00 CH'IEN-NI CHINA 0.3 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000217$AND;EPISODEID=8 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