Typhoon Amy (1991)
Typhoon Amy reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between July 12, 1991 and July 20, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb, and made landfall. It killed 136 people, as Wikidata records it.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Typhoon Amy. 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 12, 1991 to July 20, 1991
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- WP071991
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 11.2N 146.7E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 11.2N 145.7E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 11.2N 144.8E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 11.2N 143.8E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 11.2N 142.7E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 11.3N 141.6E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 11.5N 140.4E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 11.9N 139.4E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 12.4N 138.4E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 13.0N 137.4E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 13.5N 136.4E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 14.0N 135.4E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 14.6N 134.5E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 15.4N 133.7E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 16.2N 132.9E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 16.9N 131.9E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 17.3N 130.7E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 17.6N 129.6E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 17.9N 128.5E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 18.3N 127.4E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 18.7N 126.3E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 19.3N 125.1E | 105 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 19.8N 123.8E | 115 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 20.5N 122.4E | 125 kt | 935 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 21.4N 120.8E | 125 kt | 930 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 22.3N 119.0E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 23.0N 117.4E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 23.6N 116.0E | 75 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 24.1N 114.8E | 45 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 24.6N 113.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 25.1N 112.4E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 28.0N 110.0E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 29.0N 109.2E | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1991
- Tropical Storm SharonWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon TimWestern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm VanessaWestern Pacific · 1991
- Super Typhoon WaltWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon YunyaWestern Pacific · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon ZekeWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon BrendanWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon CaitlinWestern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Depression BrendanWestern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm DougWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon FredWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon EllieWestern Pacific · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon GladysWestern Pacific · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm HarryWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon IvyWestern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm JoelWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon KinnaWestern Pacific · 1991
- Super Typhoon MireilleWestern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm LukeWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon NatWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon PatWestern Pacific · 1991
- Typhoon OrchidWestern Pacific · 1991
- Super Typhoon RuthWestern Pacific · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1991
- Super Typhoon SethWestern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm VerneWestern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm WildaWestern Pacific · 1991
- Super Typhoon YuriWestern Pacific · 1991
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.