The 1993 season

Super Typhoon Yancy (1993)

Super Typhoon Yancy reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 27, 1993 and September 7, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Yancy, 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
August 27, 1993 to September 7, 1993
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
925 mb (27.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.2
Fastest the center moved
31 kt (36 mph)
Identifier
WP191993

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Sep 2, 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
Aug 27, 12:0017.0N 141.7E10 ktNot reported
Aug 27, 18:0017.7N 141.4E15 ktNot reported
Aug 28, 00:0018.4N 141.1E15 ktNot reported
Aug 28, 06:0019.1N 140.5E15 ktNot reported
Aug 28, 12:0019.6N 139.7E20 ktNot reported
Aug 28, 18:0019.8N 138.8E20 ktNot reported
Aug 29, 00:0019.9N 137.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 06:0020.0N 136.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 12:0020.0N 135.7E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 18:0020.3N 134.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 00:0020.9N 134.2E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 06:0021.5N 133.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 12:0022.0N 131.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 30, 18:0021.8N 130.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 00:0021.1N 129.2E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 06:0020.7N 128.1E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 12:0021.0N 127.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 31, 18:0021.5N 126.7E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 00:0022.1N 126.1E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 06:0022.7N 125.7E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0023.3N 125.4E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 18:0024.0N 125.4E105 kt940 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 00:0024.9N 125.7E115 kt935 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 06:0025.9N 126.3E130 kt930 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 12:0027.0N 127.1E125 kt925 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0028.1N 127.9E120 kt925 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 00:0029.4N 129.0E120 kt925 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 06:0030.9N 130.3E115 kt930 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 12:0032.7N 131.8E110 kt955 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 18:0034.7N 133.7E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0037.2N 136.0E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 06:0039.3N 137.4E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 4, 12:0040.6N 137.6E40 kt990 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 18:0041.6N 137.3E35 kt994 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 00:0041.8N 137.0E30 kt998 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 06:0041.9N 136.5E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 12:0041.5N 135.5E1006 mbExtratropical
Sep 5, 18:0041.0N 135.5E1008 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 00:0040.5N 135.5E1010 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 06:0040.0N 135.5E1012 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 12:0040.0N 135.5E1012 mbExtratropical
Sep 6, 18:0040.0N 135.0E1012 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 00:0040.0N 135.0E1012 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 06:0040.0N 134.5E1012 mbExtratropical
Sep 7, 12:0039.5N 134.0E1012 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.