Cyclone Wally (1976)
Cyclone Wally peaked at 75 kt in the South Indian between February 22, 1976 and February 27, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 973 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Wally, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1976 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 22, 1976 to February 27, 1976
- Peak strength
- Cyclone, 75 kt (86 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb (28.73 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- SH161976
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 16.4S 125.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 16.4S 123.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 16.5S 122.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 16.7S 122.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 16.9S 121.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 16.9S 120.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 17.0S 119.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 17.4S 118.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 17.9S 117.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 18.4S 116.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 18.9S 115.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 19.7S 114.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 20.7S 113.3E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 21.7S 112.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 22.7S 112.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 23.7S 112.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 24.6S 112.4E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 25.7S 112.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 27.0S 112.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 28.5S 114.1E | Tropical storm | ||
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 30.1S 116.2E | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1976
- Cyclone RaySouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression AudreySouth Indian · 1976
- Cyclone JoanSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression BarbaraSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm SueSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression ClotildeSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression Danae:TerrySouth Indian · 1976
- Cyclone VanessaSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm AliceSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression EllaSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm LindaSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression FrederiqueSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression GladysSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression Bert:HeliotropeSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm CarolSouth Indian · 1976
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.