WTPZ40 LIJR 220518 TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG) ************************************************ * RED ALERT FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE AMOS-16 * ************************************************ SUMMARY TROPICAL CYCLONE AMOS-16 CAN HAVE A HIGH HUMANITARIAN IMPACT BASED ON THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED AND THE AFFECTED POPULATION AND THEIR VULNERABILITY. UPDATED: THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 9. WIND --------------- -TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM (MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 194.44 KM/H) -ON 22 APR 2016 00:00:00 UTC -POPULATION AFFECTED BY CATEGORY 1 (120 KM/H) WIND SPEEDS OR HIGHER IS 80 K -VULNERABILITY: MEDIUM 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/1000261/RAIN_1000261_9.PNG STORM SURGE ------------- THE MAXIMUM STORM SURGE HEIGHT IS 0.4 M IN TUASIVI (SAMOA). THIS HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT 4/23/2016 11:00:00 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 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A -178.80/-12.90 3 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 65 0 N/A -178.80/-12.80 4 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 75 0 N/A -179.60/-12.60 5 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A -179.50/-12.50 6 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 84 0 N/A -179.30/-13.00 7 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A -178.90/-12.70 8 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) TROPICAL STORM 103 0 N/A -178.30/-12.70 9 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 121 0 N/A -177.40/-12.40 9 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 140 0 N/A -176.00/-12.50 9 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 168 0 N/A -174.70/-12.90 9 RED 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 196 0 60 K -173.40/-13.50 9 RED 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 186 0 70 K -172.40/-14.10 9 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 177 0 N/A -171.00/-15.30 9 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 159 0 N/A -170.00/-16.20 9 GREEN 22 APR 2016 05:18 (X) HURRICANE/TYPHOON > 74 MPH 131 0 N/A -168.60/-17.40 ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST STORM SURGE LOCATIONS CALCULATION BASED ON ADVISORY NUMBER 9 OF 22 APR 2016 00:00:00 (SIMULATION USING 0.5 MINUTE RESOLUTION) ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 23 APR 2016 23:00 TUASIVI SAMOA 0.4 23 APR 2016 22:00 PUAPUA SAMOA 0.3 23 APR 2016 22:00 GAUTAVAI SAMOA 0.3 24 APR 2016 07:00 LOTOFAGO SAMOA 0.3 23 APR 2016 18:00 FALELIMA SAMOA 0.3 23 APR 2016 20:00 FAGAMALO SAMOA 0.3 24 APR 2016 01:00 FUAILALO SAMOA 0.2 24 APR 2016 04:00 APIA SAMOA 0.2 23 APR 2016 22:00 SATUPAITEA SAMOA 0.2 23 APR 2016 17:00 FALEALUPO SAMOA 0.2 24 APR 2016 05:00 SOLOSOLO SAMOA 0.2 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=TC$AND;EVENTID=1000261$AND;EPISODEID=9 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