Typhoon Warren (1988)
Typhoon Warren reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between July 11, 1988 and July 20, 1988, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Typhoon Warren. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.























Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- July 11, 1988 to July 20, 1988
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 17.8
- Identifier
- WP061988
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 11, 00:00 | 8.8N 148.8E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 9.0N 148.2E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 9.4N 147.6E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 9.7N 147.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 10.1N 146.5E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 10.8N 146.2E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 11.5N 145.8E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 12.1N 145.3E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 12.3N 144.7E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 12.4N 143.8E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 12.4N 142.9E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 12.5N 142.0E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 12.5N 141.2E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 12.7N 140.4E | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 12.7N 139.6E | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 12.8N 138.8E | 65 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 12.8N 138.0E | 70 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 13.0N 137.3E | 80 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 13.3N 136.2E | 90 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 13.6N 134.9E | 90 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 14.2N 133.5E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 14.8N 131.9E | 95 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 15.2N 130.2E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 15.9N 128.5E | 110 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 16.5N 127.0E | 115 kt | 945 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 16.9N 125.4E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 17.8N 124.0E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 18.4N 122.6E | 105 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 18.8N 121.6E | 95 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 19.3N 120.5E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 20.0N 119.5E | 85 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 20.8N 118.1E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 21.7N 117.0E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 22.7N 116.3E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 23.5N 115.5E | 50 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 24.4N 114.4E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 25.0N 113.0E | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1988
- Typhoon RoyWestern Pacific · 1988 · 2 deaths
- Typhoon SusanWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1988
- Typhoon ThadWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm VanessaWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm AgnesWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm BillWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm ClaraWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1988
- Typhoon DoyleWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1988
- Typhoon FabianWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm ElsieWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm GayWestern Pacific · 1988
- Typhoon HalWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm IrmaWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm JeffWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm LeeWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm KitWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm MamieWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1988
- Super Typhoon NelsonWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1988
- Typhoon OdessaWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1988
- Typhoon PatWestern Pacific · 1988
- Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1988
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1988
- Typhoon TessWestern Pacific · 1988
- Typhoon SkipWestern Pacific · 1988
- Tropical Storm ValWestern 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.