Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for ALBERTO-12 Off-shore from 19 May 2012 21:00 UTC to 21 May 2012 15:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for ALBERTO-12

Off-shore

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	TC 30349
Name	ALBERTO-12
From - To	19 May - 22 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	56 km/h	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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