Tropical Storm Gracia (1993)
Tropical Storm Gracia peaked at 37 kt in the South Indian between February 20, 1993 and February 23, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Gracia, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 20, 1993 to February 23, 1993
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 37 kt (43 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.1
- Identifier
- 1993051S14046
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 06:00 | 13.7S 45.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Feb 20, 12:00 | 14.0S 45.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Feb 20, 18:00 | 14.3S 45.1E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Mixed |
| Feb 21, 00:00 | 14.5S 44.7E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Feb 21, 06:00 | 14.8S 44.2E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Feb 21, 12:00 | 15.1S 43.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Feb 21, 18:00 | 15.7S 43.5E | 23 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 00:00 | 16.2S 43.4E | 23 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 06:00 | 16.4S 43.6E | 27 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 12:00 | 16.6S 43.7E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 22, 18:00 | 16.7S 44.1E | 37 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 16.8S 44.4E | Not reported |
Other South Indian storms of 1993
- Cyclone AvionaSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm BabieSouth Indian · 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm KenSouth Indian · 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone ColinaSouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone EdwinaSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm DessiliaSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm LenaSouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone FinellaSouth Indian · 1993
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Depression HutelleSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm IoniaSouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone JourdanneSouth Indian · 1993
- Tropical Storm MontySouth Indian · 1993
- Cyclone KonitaSouth Indian · 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.