Unnamed cyclone (1990)
Unnamed cyclone reached Category 4 in the North Indian between May 3, 1990 and May 11, 1990, with a lowest pressure of 920 mb, and made landfall. It killed 967 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed cyclone, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1990 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- May 3, 1990 to May 11, 1990
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 920 mb (27.17 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- IO021990
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
967 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 12:00 | 9.1N 88.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| May 3, 18:00 | 9.2N 87.7E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| May 4, 00:00 | 9.2N 87.4E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Not reported |
| May 4, 06:00 | 9.1N 86.9E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| May 4, 12:00 | 9.1N 86.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Not reported |
| May 4, 18:00 | 9.1N 85.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| May 5, 00:00 | 9.3N 85.4E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| May 5, 06:00 | 9.7N 84.8E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| May 5, 12:00 | 10.0N 84.5E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| May 5, 18:00 | 10.2N 84.1E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Not reported |
| May 6, 00:00 | 10.2N 83.7E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Not reported |
| May 6, 06:00 | 10.3N 83.3E | 50 kt | 976 mb | Not reported |
| May 6, 12:00 | 10.4N 83.0E | 55 kt | 976 mb | Not reported |
| May 6, 18:00 | 10.5N 82.6E | 60 kt | 976 mb | Not reported |
| May 7, 00:00 | 10.7N 82.3E | 70 kt | 964 mb | Not reported |
| May 7, 06:00 | 11.0N 82.1E | 85 kt | 940 mb | Not reported |
| May 7, 12:00 | 11.5N 82.0E | 95 kt | 938 mb | Not reported |
| May 7, 18:00 | 12.0N 81.9E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Not reported |
| May 8, 00:00 | 12.8N 81.8E | 115 kt | 924 mb | Not reported |
| May 8, 06:00 | 13.5N 81.6E | 125 kt | 924 mb | Not reported |
| May 8, 12:00 | 14.1N 81.3E | 125 kt | 920 mb | Not reported |
| May 8, 18:00 | 14.5N 81.1E | 115 kt | 950 mb | Not reported |
| May 9, 00:00 | 14.9N 81.0E | 115 kt | 960 mb | Not reported |
| May 9, 06:00 | 15.2N 81.0E | 110 kt | 960 mb | Not reported |
| May 9, 12:00 | 15.6N 80.9E | 100 kt | 956 mb | Not reported |
| May 9, 18:00 | 16.1N 80.7E | 90 kt | Not reported | |
| May 10, 00:00 | 16.6N 80.3E | 70 kt | Not reported | |
| May 10, 06:00 | 17.3N 80.0E | 60 kt | Not reported | |
| May 10, 12:00 | 18.3N 79.8E | 50 kt | Not reported | |
| May 10, 18:00 | 19.2N 79.7E | 40 kt | Not reported | |
| May 11, 00:00 | 20.4N 79.8E | 35 kt | Not reported | |
| May 11, 06:00 | 21.4N 80.1E | 30 kt | Not reported |
Other North Indian storms of 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1990
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1990
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.