Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for KRISTY-12 in Mexico from 12 Sep 2012 21:00 UTC to 16 Sep 2012 03:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KRISTY-12

in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KRISTY-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 32547
Name	KRISTY-12
From - To	12 Sep - 17 Sep
Exposed countries	Mexico
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	0.1 m (16 Sep 05:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	56 km/h	0.1 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
GFS	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
ECMWF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

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Latest media headlines

Lane, Kristy still patrolling Pacific 9/17/2012 7:06:00 AM.

MIAMI, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Lane was getting closer to hurricane strength out in the Pacific Ocean Sunday night, U.S. forecasters said.

T.S. Lane joins Kristy in Pacific Ocean 9/16/2012 1:41:00 AM.

MIAMI, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Lane was born in the Pacific Ocean Saturday, joining Kristy far off the coast of Mexico, U.S. forecasters said.

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