The 1984 season

Cyclone Kamisy (1984)

Cyclone Kamisy reached Category 3 in the South Indian between April 3, 1984 and April 16, 1984, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Kamisy, 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
April 3, 1984 to April 16, 1984
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
927 mb (27.37 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
20.5
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
SH321984

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
Apr 3, 06:0010.1S 80.0E36 ktTropical storm
Apr 3, 12:0010.5S 78.6E36 ktTropical storm
Apr 3, 18:0012.0S 76.8E20 ktTropical storm
Apr 4, 00:0012.0S 75.2E20 ktTropical storm
Apr 4, 06:0012.1S 73.8E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 12:0012.3S 72.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 18:0012.5S 71.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 00:0012.4S 70.5E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 06:0012.3S 69.3E30 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 12:0012.3S 68.1E35 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 18:0012.4S 66.8E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 00:0012.6S 65.6E55 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 06:0012.8S 64.5E65 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 12:0012.6S 63.3E70 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 18:0012.4S 62.0E75 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 00:0012.6S 60.6E80 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 06:0012.8S 59.1E85 kt976 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 12:0012.9S 57.8E90 kt954 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 18:0012.9S 56.4E90 kt941 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 00:0012.7S 55.0E90 kt927 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 06:0012.5S 53.7E95 kt927 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 12:0012.5S 52.6E100 kt927 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 18:0012.5S 51.5E100 kt941 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 00:0012.4S 50.4E100 kt954 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 06:0012.3S 49.3E95 kt966 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 12:0012.5S 48.3E95 kt966 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 18:0012.8S 47.4E90 kt966 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 00:0012.9S 46.7E90 kt954 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 06:0012.9S 46.1E85 kt954 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 12:0013.0S 45.3E85 kt954 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 18:0013.2S 45.0E80 kt966 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 00:0013.8S 45.2E80 kt976 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 06:0014.4S 45.5E80 kt976 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 12:0014.8S 45.7E80 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 18:0015.2S 46.0E75 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 00:0015.5S 46.3E70 kt984 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 06:0015.9S 46.7E65 ktMixed
Apr 12, 12:0016.8S 48.6E50 ktMixed
Apr 12, 18:0017.7S 50.4E35 ktMixed
Apr 13, 00:0018.0S 50.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 06:0018.3S 50.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 12:0018.6S 50.6E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 18:0019.0S 50.7E35 ktMixed
Apr 14, 00:0019.4S 50.7E35 ktMixed
Apr 14, 06:0020.0S 50.8E30 ktMixed
Apr 14, 12:0021.5S 50.8E30 ktMixed
Apr 14, 18:0023.2S 50.9E25 ktMixed
Apr 15, 00:0024.5S 51.1E25 ktMixed
Apr 15, 06:0025.7S 51.5E20 ktMixed
Apr 15, 12:0026.8S 50.9E36 ktMixed
Apr 15, 18:0028.3S 50.9E36 ktMixed
Apr 16, 00:0030.1S 50.2E36 ktMixed
Apr 16, 06:0031.8S 49.4E36 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.