Unnamed tropical storm (1988)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the North Indian between June 8, 1988 and June 13, 1988.
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
- June 8, 1988 to June 13, 1988
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 76 km (47 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Identifier
- IO011988
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 00:00 | 14.2N 73.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 8, 06:00 | 15.0N 73.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 8, 12:00 | 15.8N 72.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 8, 18:00 | 16.4N 72.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 9, 00:00 | 16.7N 71.4E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 9, 06:00 | 16.9N 70.7E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 9, 12:00 | 17.0N 70.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 9, 18:00 | 17.0N 69.8E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 10, 00:00 | 16.9N 69.4E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 10, 06:00 | 16.8N 69.0E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 10, 12:00 | 16.6N 68.6E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 10, 18:00 | 16.3N 68.7E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 11, 00:00 | 16.2N 69.0E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 11, 06:00 | 16.1N 69.5E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 11, 12:00 | 16.2N 69.8E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 11, 18:00 | 16.3N 70.2E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 12, 00:00 | 16.4N 70.4E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 12, 06:00 | 16.6N 70.7E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 12, 12:00 | 16.7N 71.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 12, 18:00 | 16.9N 71.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 13, 00:00 | 17.5N 71.0E | 25 kt | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 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.