Tropical Storm Emma (1974)
Tropical Storm Emma peaked at 60 kt in the Western Pacific between June 12, 1974 and June 19, 1974, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Emma, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1974 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- June 12, 1974 to June 19, 1974
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 154 km (96 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.3
- Identifier
- WP071974
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 00:00 | 8.1N 141.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 12, 06:00 | 9.0N 140.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 12, 12:00 | 10.0N 138.9E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 12, 18:00 | 10.8N 137.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 13, 00:00 | 11.7N 136.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 13, 06:00 | 11.9N 134.7E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 13, 12:00 | 12.3N 133.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 13, 18:00 | 12.9N 131.9E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 14, 00:00 | 13.7N 130.7E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 14, 06:00 | 14.4N 129.6E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 14, 12:00 | 14.9N 128.6E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 15.4N 127.7E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 15.9N 126.8E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 16.3N 125.8E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 16.7N 125.0E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 17.2N 124.4E | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 17.6N 124.2E | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 18.2N 123.9E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 18.7N 123.8E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 19.3N 123.9E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 20.1N 124.3E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 20.9N 125.0E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 22.1N 125.9E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 23.9N 127.2E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 26.1N 128.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 27.7N 130.1E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 29.0N 132.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 30.5N 135.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 32.5N 138.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1974
- Tropical Storm WandaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm AmyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm BabeWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon CarlaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm FredaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon GildaWestern Pacific · 1974 · 145 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm HarrietWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm JeanWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon IvyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon KimWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm LucyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon MaryWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Depression MaryWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm NadineWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Depression MaryWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon PollyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm RoseWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm TrixWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon VirginiaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm WendyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon ElaineWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm FayeWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm HesterWestern Pacific · 1974
- Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm JudyWestern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm KitWestern Pacific · 1974
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.
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.