The 1982 season

Tropical Storm Tess:Val (1982)

Tropical Storm Tess:Val peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between June 25, 1982 and July 6, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Tess:Val, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1982 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
June 25, 1982 to July 6, 1982
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.7
Identifier
WP061982

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 25, 00:0017.5N 114.0E1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 06:0018.0N 115.0E1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 25, 12:0018.4N 115.2E1002 mbMixed
Jun 25, 18:0018.9N 115.4E1002 mbMixed
Jun 26, 00:0018.6N 115.5E1002 mbMixed
Jun 26, 06:0018.3N 114.8E1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 12:0017.5N 114.3E1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 18:0017.0N 114.1E1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 00:0016.6N 114.3E998 mbMixed
Jun 27, 06:0016.5N 114.4E996 mbMixed
Jun 27, 12:0016.7N 114.4E996 mbMixed
Jun 27, 18:0016.9N 114.3E994 mbMixed
Jun 28, 00:0017.2N 113.7E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 06:0017.5N 113.3E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 12:0017.9N 113.1E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 18:0018.2N 112.9E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 00:0018.5N 112.7E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 06:0018.8N 112.4E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 12:0019.2N 112.4E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 29, 18:0019.6N 112.4E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 00:0020.0N 112.6E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 06:0020.5N 113.1E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 12:0020.9N 113.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 30, 18:0021.2N 114.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 00:0021.7N 114.8E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 06:0021.9N 115.3E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 12:0022.1N 116.1E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 1, 18:0022.3N 116.9E25 kt996 mbMixed
Jul 2, 00:0022.7N 117.8E25 kt996 mbMixed
Jul 2, 06:0023.2N 118.5E20 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 12:0024.3N 124.3E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 2, 18:0024.3N 125.6E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 00:0024.8N 127.8E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 06:0026.2N 129.9E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 12:0027.7N 132.3E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 3, 18:0028.9N 135.1E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 4, 00:0029.7N 138.1E35 kt998 mbMixed
Jul 4, 06:0029.9N 140.3E1000 mbMixed
Jul 4, 12:0030.0N 143.4E1002 mbMixed
Jul 4, 18:0030.6N 146.7E1004 mbMixed
Jul 5, 00:0030.8N 150.3E1006 mbMixed
Jul 5, 06:0031.0N 153.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Jul 5, 12:0031.0N 155.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Jul 5, 18:0031.0N 157.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Jul 6, 00:0031.0N 159.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Jul 6, 06:0031.0N 160.0E1010 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1982

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.