Tropical Storm Emilia (1988)
Tropical Storm Emilia peaked at 60 kt in the Eastern Pacific between July 27, 1988 and August 2, 1988, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Emilia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1988 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 27, 1988 to August 2, 1988
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 734 km (456 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- EP051988
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 27, 18:00 | 14.0N 109.0W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 14.3N 109.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 14.6N 110.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 14.8N 110.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 15.0N 111.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 15.1N 111.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 15.1N 112.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 15.1N 113.6W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 15.2N 114.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 15.2N 115.3W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 15.2N 116.1W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 15.4N 116.9W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 15.7N 117.7W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 16.0N 118.4W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 16.2N 119.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 12:00 | 16.2N 120.2W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 18:00 | 16.3N 121.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 00:00 | 16.3N 121.9W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 1, 06:00 | 16.3N 122.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 1, 12:00 | 16.2N 123.3W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 1, 18:00 | 15.9N 123.9W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 2, 00:00 | 15.4N 124.3W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 2, 06:00 | 14.7N 124.9W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 14.1N 125.5W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 13.4N 126.0W | 20 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm GilmaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane IvaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm JohnEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane UlekiEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm WilaEastern Pacific · 1988
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1988
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.