Cyclone Flores (1973)
Cyclone Flores peaked at 80 kt in the South Indian between April 26, 1973 and April 30, 1973, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall. It killed 1,650 people, as Wikidata records it.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Cyclone Flores. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- April 26, 1973 to April 30, 1973
- Peak strength
- Cyclone, 80 kt (92 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- 1973116S05131
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
1,650 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 00:00 | 5.0S 131.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 26, 06:00 | 5.2S 130.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 26, 12:00 | 5.5S 129.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 26, 18:00 | 5.7S 128.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 27, 00:00 | 5.8S 128.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 27, 06:00 | 5.6S 127.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 27, 12:00 | 5.8S 126.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 27, 18:00 | 6.1S 125.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 28, 00:00 | 6.3S 125.1E | 45 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 06:00 | 6.5S 124.1E | 55 kt | 979 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 12:00 | 6.5S 122.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 28, 18:00 | 6.8S 121.7E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 29, 00:00 | 7.5S 121.4E | 80 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 06:00 | 8.7S 121.5E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 29, 12:00 | 8.9S 121.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 29, 18:00 | 9.0S 121.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 30, 00:00 | 8.8S 121.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Apr 30, 06:00 | 8.6S 121.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1973
- Tropical Depression ArianeSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression ArianeSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression Beatrice:IvySouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression CharlotteSouth Indian · 1973
- Cyclone JeanSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression DorotheeSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression EmmanuelleSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression FaustineSouth Indian · 1973
- Cyclone KerrySouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression Gertrude:LeilaSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression HortenseSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Storm MaudSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression JessySouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression IsisSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression KittySouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression JessySouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression LeahSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression LydieSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression LeahSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression LeahSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Storm NellieSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Storm BellaSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Storm PaulaSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Depression RomaSouth Indian · 1973
- Tropical Storm MarcelleSouth Indian · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1973
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.