The 1994 season

Tropical Storm Bettina (1994)

Tropical Storm Bettina peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between November 22, 1993 and December 2, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Bettina, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1994 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
South Indian
Dates
November 22, 1993 to December 2, 1993
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 923 km (574 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.5
Identifier
SH021994

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
Nov 22, 12:007.2S 92.7E15 ktTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:008.0S 92.6E15 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 00:008.9S 92.4E15 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 06:0010.0S 92.3E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 12:0011.0S 92.2E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 23, 18:0011.5S 92.1E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 24, 00:0012.3S 91.8E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 24, 06:0013.0S 90.4E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 24, 12:0013.5S 89.4E20 ktTropical storm
Nov 24, 18:0013.8S 88.0E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 25, 00:0013.3S 86.5E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 25, 06:0012.8S 85.4E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 25, 12:0012.2S 84.4E25 ktTropical storm
Nov 25, 18:0011.9S 83.2E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0011.9S 82.0E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0012.2S 81.0E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 12:0012.7S 80.2E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 18:0013.2S 79.6E40 kt986 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 00:0013.8S 79.0E45 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 06:0014.4S 78.3E45 kt976 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 12:0015.1S 77.7E50 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 18:0015.8S 77.4E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 00:0016.7S 77.3E50 kt970 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 06:0017.3S 76.9E45 kt976 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 12:0017.6S 76.1E40 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 28, 18:0017.8S 75.3E35 kt986 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 00:0017.9S 74.6E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 06:0018.1S 73.9E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 12:0018.2S 73.2E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 18:0018.8S 72.7E28 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 00:0019.3S 72.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 06:0019.9S 71.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 12:0020.6S 71.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 18:0021.2S 70.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 00:0021.8S 69.8E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 06:0022.3S 69.2E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 12:0022.7S 68.8E32 kt995 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 18:0023.0S 68.1E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 00:0023.0S 67.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 06:0022.8S 67.2E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 1994

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.