Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CARLOS-15
in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone CARLOS-15 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000168
Name CARLOS-15
From - To 11 Jun - 17 Jun
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 167 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (17 Jun 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 47 km/h 0 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.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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"Mexico - Tropical Cyclone CARLOS"

Latest media headlines

Mexico: Storm Carlos weakens fast off Mexico, expected to dissipate so.. 6/18/2015 4:29:00 AM.

MEXICO CITY, June 17 (Reuters) - Tropical storm Carlos was weakening fast off western Mexico on Wednesday morning as it closed in on the coast from the Pacific, threatening to dump heavy rain on a handful of states, the U.S. National Hurric
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NASA shows a weaker compact tropical storm Carlos 6/18/2015 1:38:00 AM.

On June 17, a Tropical Storm Warning was in effect from Punta San Telmo to Cabo Corrientes, Mexico as Carlos continued to move along the coast of western Mexico. The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of
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Carlos Weakens to Depression off Western Mexican Coast 6/17/2015 9:13:00 PM.

Former Tropical Storm Carlos weakened to a depression as it brushed Mexico's western Pacific coast Wednesday. Carlos brought rain and wind to the coast between the Mexican resorts of Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta, after losing its hurrican
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Carlos weakens to depression off western Mexican coast 6/17/2015 9:07:00 PM.

June 16, 2015 Updated: June 17, 2015 1:32pm MEXICO CITY (AP) — Former Tropical Storm Carlos weakened to a depression as it brushed Mexico's western Pacific coast Wednesday. Carlos brought rain and wind to the coast between the Mexican reso
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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),