The 1984 season

Tropical Storm Imboa (1984)

Tropical Storm Imboa peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between February 10, 1984 and February 21, 1984, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Imboa, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1984 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
South Indian
Dates
February 10, 1984 to February 21, 1984
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 50 km (31 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.9
Identifier
SH221984

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
Feb 10, 06:0016.8S 42.4E36 ktTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0017.3S 42.2E36 ktTropical storm
Feb 10, 18:0017.6S 41.7E36 ktTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0018.0S 40.9E36 ktTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0018.7S 40.6E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 12:0019.2S 40.5E24 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 18:0019.7S 41.3E24 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 00:0019.5S 41.7E28 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0019.2S 41.2E30 kt991 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:0020.3S 41.1E30 kt984 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:0021.3S 41.0E30 kt984 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0022.2S 40.9E35 kt984 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0023.0S 40.9E40 kt976 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0023.8S 40.8E45 kt984 mbMixed
Feb 13, 18:0024.5S 40.5E45 kt984 mbMixed
Feb 14, 00:0025.0S 40.1E45 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 14, 06:0025.4S 39.7E45 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 14, 12:0025.8S 39.2E45 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 14, 18:0026.1S 38.8E40 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 15, 00:0026.3S 38.4E40 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 15, 06:0026.4S 38.0E35 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 15, 12:0025.7S 38.8E36 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 15, 18:0026.1S 39.0E36 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 16, 00:0026.6S 39.0E36 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 16, 06:0027.1S 38.9E36 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 16, 12:0027.5S 38.1E36 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 16, 18:0027.1S 37.3E36 kt991 mbMixed
Feb 17, 00:0026.2S 36.3E28 kt997 mbMixed
Feb 17, 06:0025.9S 35.3E24 kt1000 mbMixed
Feb 17, 12:0026.2S 34.4E24 kt1000 mbMixed
Feb 17, 18:0026.9S 33.9E24 kt1000 mbMixed
Feb 18, 00:0027.7S 33.2E28 kt997 mbMixed
Feb 18, 06:0028.6S 32.9E28 kt997 mbMixed
Feb 18, 12:0029.0S 32.9E28 kt997 mbMixed
Feb 18, 18:0029.3S 33.1E28 kt997 mbMixed
Feb 19, 00:0029.6S 33.4E28 kt997 mbMixed
Feb 19, 06:0029.6S 34.0E24 kt1000 mbMixed
Feb 19, 12:0029.0S 34.5E24 kt1000 mbMixed
Feb 19, 18:0028.3S 35.0E36 ktMixed
Feb 20, 00:0027.4S 35.1E36 ktMixed
Feb 20, 06:0026.7S 35.4E36 ktMixed
Feb 20, 12:0025.9S 36.0E36 ktMixed
Feb 20, 18:0025.4S 36.5E36 ktMixed
Feb 21, 00:0024.9S 37.2E36 ktMixed
Feb 21, 06:0024.3S 37.7E36 ktMixed

Other South Indian storms of 1984

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.