Unnamed tropical storm (1987)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 55 kt in the North Indian between January 30, 1987 and February 4, 1987, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- January 30, 1987 to February 4, 1987
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 85 km (53 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.8
- Identifier
- IO011987
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 5.9N 90.7E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 5.9N 89.7E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 6.0N 88.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 6.4N 87.8E | 20 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 6.7N 86.9E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 7.1N 86.2E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 7.8N 85.5E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 8.7N 85.2E | 30 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 9.6N 85.4E | 35 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 10.6N 85.8E | 40 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 11.6N 86.3E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 12.5N 86.8E | 50 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 13.5N 87.4E | 55 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 12:00 | 14.4N 87.8E | 50 kt | 974 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 18:00 | 15.3N 88.1E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 00:00 | 16.1N 88.4E | 40 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 06:00 | 16.9N 89.1E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 3, 12:00 | 17.7N 89.7E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 18:00 | 18.5N 90.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 4, 00:00 | 19.6N 91.6E | 20 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 4, 06:00 | 20.7N 92.8E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 4, 12:00 | 21.0N 91.0E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
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.