The 1993 season

Tropical Storm Gene (1993)

Tropical Storm Gene peaked at 35 kt in the Western Pacific between October 2, 1993 and October 14, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Gene, 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
October 2, 1993 to October 14, 1993
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
998 mb (29.47 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 446 km (277 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.4
Identifier
WP271993

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
Oct 2, 06:004.0N 158.9E10 ktNot reported
Oct 2, 12:005.1N 158.0E10 ktNot reported
Oct 2, 18:006.0N 156.9E10 ktNot reported
Oct 3, 00:006.2N 155.6E10 ktNot reported
Oct 3, 06:006.4N 154.3E15 ktNot reported
Oct 3, 12:006.6N 153.1E15 ktNot reported
Oct 3, 18:006.7N 152.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 4, 00:006.9N 151.3E15 ktNot reported
Oct 4, 06:007.3N 150.8E15 ktNot reported
Oct 4, 12:007.7N 150.4E15 ktNot reported
Oct 4, 18:008.0N 150.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 5, 00:008.1N 149.5E20 ktNot reported
Oct 5, 06:008.2N 148.9E20 ktNot reported
Oct 5, 12:008.4N 148.2E20 ktNot reported
Oct 5, 18:008.6N 147.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 6, 00:008.7N 146.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 6, 06:008.8N 144.9E20 ktNot reported
Oct 6, 12:008.9N 143.6E20 ktNot reported
Oct 6, 18:009.1N 142.4E25 ktDisturbance
Oct 7, 00:009.4N 141.3E25 ktDisturbance
Oct 7, 06:009.9N 140.3E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 12:0010.8N 139.0E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 18:0012.0N 137.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0013.3N 136.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 06:0014.4N 136.1E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 12:0015.6N 135.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 18:0016.9N 134.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 00:0018.1N 133.4E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 06:0019.4N 132.9E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0020.9N 132.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0022.3N 132.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0023.7N 132.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:0025.1N 132.2E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 12:0026.3N 133.1E25 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 18:0027.1N 134.5E25 kt1012 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 00:0027.8N 135.9E20 kt1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 06:0028.5N 138.0E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 12:0028.0N 138.0E1016 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 18:0027.5N 137.5E1016 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 00:0028.0N 137.5E1016 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 06:0028.0N 138.0E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 12:0028.0N 138.0E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 18:0028.0N 138.0E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 00:0028.0N 138.0E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 06:0028.5N 138.5E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 12:0029.0N 139.0E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 18:0029.5N 139.5E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 14, 00:0030.0N 140.0E1014 mbExtratropical
Oct 14, 06:0031.0N 141.0E1014 mbExtratropical

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.