Unnamed tropical storm (1987)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between January 9, 1987 and January 13, 1987.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 9, 1987 to January 13, 1987
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 771 km (479 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.8
- Identifier
- SH071987
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 9, 06:00 | 7.8S 94.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 7.9S 94.8E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 7.9S 95.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 8.2S 96.1E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 8.5S 97.0E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 9.1S 97.5E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 9.9S 97.9E | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 10.7S 98.2E | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 11.2S 98.6E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 11.7S 99.0E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 12.1S 99.2E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 12.5S 99.3E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 12.6S 99.4E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 12.6S 99.4E | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 12.7S 99.4E | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 12.7S 99.5E | 40 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm ConnieSouth Indian · 1987
- Cyclone AlininaSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm DamienSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm BemazavaSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm ClotildaSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm ElsieSouth Indian · 1987
- Cyclone DaodoSouth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1987
- Cyclone ElizabethaSouth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth 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.