Tropical Storm Flossie (1983)
Tropical Storm Flossie peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between July 17, 1983 and July 21, 1983.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Flossie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1983 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 17, 1983 to July 21, 1983
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 100 km (62 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP061983
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 18.3N 104.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 18.0N 104.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 17.7N 105.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 17.5N 105.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 17.6N 106.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 18.0N 107.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 18.5N 108.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 18.9N 108.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 19.3N 109.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 19.7N 110.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 20.0N 111.3W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 20.3N 112.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 20.5N 113.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 20.5N 114.4W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 20.5N 115.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 20.5N 116.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 20.6N 117.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 20.8N 118.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 20.8N 119.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1983
- Hurricane AdolphEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm CosmeEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm DaliliaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm ErickEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane HenrietteEastern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane IsmaelEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane EllenEastern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane LorenaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane ManuelEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm OctaveEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane PriscillaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm SoniaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane TicoEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm VelmaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane WinnieEastern Pacific · 1983
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.