Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert

Information such as location relative to nearby cities or places of interest can usually be found in this section.

The section always ends with a statement as to the potential for development, which the JTWC will rank as either low, medium, or high (formerly poor, fair, or good).

A cancellation message would indicate that the likelihood of the system to develop into a tropical cyclone at the current time has decreased.

An advisory would indicate that a tropical cyclone has indeed formed, and poses a future threat to the areas in the box defined in Section 1.

The JTWC and FWC-N follow a checklist when deciding whether or not to issue a TCFA on tropical disturbances.

A TCFA was issued for this tropical disturbance, which later became Severe Tropical Storm Etau .
The TCFA graphic for this alert. No storm formed from this system.