Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for ALETTA-12 Off-shore from 15 May 2012 03:00 UTC to 19 May 2012 15:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for ALETTA-12

Off-shore

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	TC 30236
Name	ALETTA-12
From - To	15 May - 19 May
Exposed countries	Off-shore
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	84 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	-- ()

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	n.a	n.a.	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

Tropical storm watch canceled for SC 5/20/2012 11:12:00 PM.

A large swath of coastal South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch due to Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

Alberto forecast to stay offshore; tropical storm watch remains 5/20/2012 8:03:00 PM.

Although Tropical Storm Alberto remained offshore, a swath of coastal South Carolina could experience tropical storm conditions Sunday and Monday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Une première tempête tropicale s'est formée dans la saison des ouragan.. 5/20/2012 4:33:00 PM.

Une première tempête tropicale s'est formée dans la saison des ouragans en Atlantique. Elle a été appelée " Alberto ". " Alberto " se trouve d'environ 200 km de côte sud-est de l'état américain de Caroline du Sud.

Coastal S.C. under tropical storm watch 5/20/2012 7:43:00 AM.

A large swath of coastal South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch due to Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

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