The 1993 season

Typhoon Flo (1993)

Typhoon Flo reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between September 28, 1993 and October 11, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Flo, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1993 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
September 28, 1993 to October 11, 1993
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.9
Identifier
WP261993

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Oct 7, 12:00 UTC

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 28, 00:0013.8N 134.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 28, 06:0014.0N 133.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 28, 12:0014.2N 133.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 28, 18:0014.3N 132.7E20 ktNot reported
Sep 29, 00:0014.4N 132.4E20 ktNot reported
Sep 29, 06:0014.5N 132.2E20 ktNot reported
Sep 29, 12:0014.7N 132.1E20 ktNot reported
Sep 29, 18:0014.9N 132.0E20 ktNot reported
Sep 30, 00:0015.1N 131.7E20 ktNot reported
Sep 30, 06:0015.2N 131.3E20 ktNot reported
Sep 30, 12:0015.4N 130.8E20 ktNot reported
Sep 30, 18:0015.7N 130.1E25 ktNot reported
Oct 1, 00:0016.1N 129.5E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 06:0016.5N 128.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 12:0016.7N 128.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 18:0016.8N 127.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 00:0016.9N 126.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 06:0016.9N 126.0E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 12:0016.8N 125.7E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 18:0016.8N 125.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 00:0016.7N 124.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 06:0016.7N 124.5E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 12:0016.6N 124.0E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 18:0016.6N 123.4E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 00:0016.5N 122.7E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 06:0016.4N 121.9E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0016.3N 121.0E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 18:0016.3N 120.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 00:0016.2N 119.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 06:0016.1N 119.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 12:0016.2N 119.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 18:0016.4N 120.2E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 00:0017.0N 120.9E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 06:0018.4N 122.1E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 12:0019.6N 123.5E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 18:0020.8N 125.0E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 00:0022.0N 126.3E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 06:0023.3N 127.6E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 12:0025.0N 129.0E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 18:0027.1N 130.7E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0029.4N 133.3E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 06:0031.7N 136.7E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 12:0034.1N 141.4E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 18:0036.1N 145.4E60 kt980 mbExtratropical
Oct 9, 00:0038.0N 151.2E60 kt980 mbExtratropical
Oct 9, 06:0041.2N 158.5E60 kt976 mbExtratropical
Oct 9, 12:0041.0N 162.0E976 mbExtratropical
Oct 9, 18:0042.5N 165.5E976 mbExtratropical
Oct 10, 00:0043.5N 168.5E976 mbExtratropical
Oct 10, 06:0045.5N 172.5E976 mbExtratropical
Oct 10, 12:0047.5N 175.5E976 mbExtratropical
Oct 10, 18:0049.0N 177.5E976 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 00:0051.0N 179.5E974 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 06:0053.0N 181.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific storms of 1993

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.