A Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert is a bulletin released by the U.S. Navy-operated Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, or the Fleet Weather Center in Norfolk, Virginia, warning of the p
A TCFA was issued for this tropical disturbance, which later became Severe Tropical Storm Etau.
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The Joint Typhoon Warning Center is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force command in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The JTWC is responsible for the issuing of tropical cyclone warnings in the No
Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert
…A Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) is a bulletin released by the U.S. Navy-operated Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, or the Fleet Weather Center in Norfolk, Virginia, warning of the possibility of a tropical cyclone forming from a tropical disturbance…
Radar image of Typhoon Cobra