REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL DmASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines
NDRRMC UPDATE
Severe Weather Bulletin No. 08 re Tropical Depression "CRISING"
Releasing Officer:
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)usEc EDUARDO G. DEL ROSARIO
Executive Director, NDRRMC
DATE: 20 February 2013, 11:00 AM
Source: PAGASA-DOST
I. SITUATION OVERVIEW:
TROPICAL DEPRESSION "CRISING" HAS SLOWED DOWN AS IT
TRAVERSES SULU SEA.
PAGASA Track as of 8:00 a.m. , 20 February 2013 Satellite Picture at 9:32 a.m., 20 February 2013

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Location of Center:
(as of 10:00 AM)
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Coordinates:
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1220 km Northwest of Zamboanga City
17.80N, 120.8E
.----S-t-re_n_g_t_h_: Maximum winds of 45 kph near the center
Movement:
Forecast
Positions/Outlook:
Forecast to move West Northwest at 19 kph
Thursday morning:
280 km Southwest of Puerto Princesa City
Thursday evening:
480 km Southwest of Puerto Princesa City
Telefax: NDRRMC Opcen (+632) 911-1406; 912-2665; 912-5668; NDRRMC Secretariat (+632) 912-0441 ; 912-
5947;
Office of the Administrator, Office of Civil Defense ( +632) 912-2424
Email : oocen@ndrrmc.aov.oh Website: www.ndrrmc.aov.oh
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Areas Having Public Storm Warning Signal
PSWS#
Signal No.1
(45-60 kph
winds is
expected within
the next 36
hours)
I Southern Palawan
I Zamboanga del Norte
Luzon
Mindanao
Public Storm Warning Signal elsewhere is now lowered.
Residents living in low lying and mountainous areas under public storm
warning signal #1 are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides.
Estimated rainfall amount is from 5 - 15 mm per hour (moderate to heavy)
within the 300 km diameter of the Tropical Depression.
Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into
the Northern, Eastern and Southern seaboards of Luzon, the Central and
Eastern seaboards of Visayas and Eastern seaboard of Mindanao.
The Low Pressure Area (LPA) Northwest of Puerto Princesa City has
dissipated
II. ACTION/S TAKEN
NDRRMC Operations Center is on RED ALERT status to monitor and
disseminate Severe Weather Bulletin No. 08 on Tropical Depression
"CRISING" to all OCD Regional Centers through SMS and facsimile and
uploaded on the NDRRMC website for further dissemination to their
respective local disaster risk reduction and management councils
(LDRRMCs) from the provincial down to the municipal levels.
Directed RDRRMCs concerned through the OCD Regional Centers to
undertake precautionary measures in their area of responsibility (AOR) and
subsequently advised local DRRMCs to initiate pre-emptive evacuation of
families in low-lying and mountainous areas if situation warrants.
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