Tropical Storm Priscilla (1989)
Tropical Storm Priscilla peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 16, 1989 and September 26, 1989, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Priscilla, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1989 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
- September 16, 1989 to September 26, 1989
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 85 km (53 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- EP191989
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 12.6N 95.9W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 12.8N 97.6W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 13.0N 99.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 13.2N 100.6W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 13.5N 101.5W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 13.7N 102.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 14.0N 102.7W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 14.2N 103.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 14.5N 103.6W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 14.8N 103.8W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 15.1N 104.0W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 15.3N 104.1W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 15.6N 104.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 16.0N 104.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 16.3N 104.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 16.7N 104.1W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 17.2N 104.1W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 17.7N 104.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 18.1N 104.5W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 18.6N 105.3W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 19.3N 106.3W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 20.0N 107.3W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 20.6N 108.4W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 20.7N 109.3W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 20.7N 110.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 20.7N 110.7W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 20.7N 111.6W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 20.6N 112.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 20.5N 112.8W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 20.6N 113.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 20.7N 114.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 20.8N 115.3W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 20.8N 116.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 20.7N 117.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 20.6N 118.1W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 20.5N 118.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 20.4N 119.1W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 20.4N 119.5W | 25 kt | Not reported |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1989
- Tropical Storm WinonaEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm AdolphEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane CosmeEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane DaliliaEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm ErickEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane IsmaelEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm HenrietteEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane LorenaEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm ManuelEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane OctaveEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
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.