The 1994 season

Tropical Storm Bobbie (1994)

Tropical Storm Bobbie peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between December 14, 1994 and December 29, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 972 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Bobbie. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
December 14, 1994 to December 29, 1994
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
972 mb (28.70 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 890 km (553 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.2
Identifier
WP391994

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
Dec 14, 00:004.0N 175.0E15 ktNot reported
Dec 14, 06:004.1N 174.7E15 ktNot reported
Dec 14, 12:004.2N 174.4E15 ktNot reported
Dec 14, 18:004.3N 174.1E15 ktNot reported
Dec 15, 00:004.4N 173.8E20 ktNot reported
Dec 15, 06:004.5N 173.5E20 ktNot reported
Dec 15, 12:004.6N 173.1E20 ktNot reported
Dec 15, 18:004.7N 172.7E20 ktNot reported
Dec 16, 00:004.8N 172.3E20 ktNot reported
Dec 16, 06:004.9N 171.9E25 ktNot reported
Dec 16, 12:005.0N 171.5E25 ktNot reported
Dec 16, 18:005.1N 171.0E25 ktNot reported
Dec 17, 00:005.2N 170.4E25 ktNot reported
Dec 17, 06:005.3N 169.7E25 ktNot reported
Dec 17, 12:005.4N 168.9E30 ktNot reported
Dec 17, 18:005.5N 168.0E30 ktNot reported
Dec 18, 00:005.7N 167.0E30 ktNot reported
Dec 18, 06:005.8N 165.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 12:005.9N 164.8E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 18:005.9N 163.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 00:006.1N 162.6E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 06:006.4N 161.5E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 12:006.9N 160.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 18:007.6N 159.7E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 00:008.7N 159.4E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 06:009.8N 159.4E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 12:0011.0N 159.1E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 18:0011.9N 158.3E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 00:0012.5N 157.1E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 06:0013.1N 155.9E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 12:0013.6N 154.6E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 18:0014.1N 153.3E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 00:0014.6N 152.0E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 06:0015.0N 150.6E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 12:0015.4N 149.3E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 22, 18:0015.7N 148.0E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 00:0016.0N 146.7E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 06:0016.3N 145.5E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 12:0016.6N 144.3E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 18:0017.0N 143.2E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 00:0017.4N 142.1E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 06:0017.8N 141.0E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 12:0018.2N 139.8E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 18:0018.6N 138.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 00:0019.0N 137.4E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 06:0019.4N 136.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 12:0019.8N 135.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 18:0020.2N 134.6E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 00:0020.7N 134.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 06:0021.4N 134.5E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 26, 12:0022.4N 134.8E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 26, 18:0024.7N 139.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 27, 00:0026.0N 141.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 27, 06:0027.8N 144.2E1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 27, 12:0029.0N 147.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Dec 27, 18:0030.5N 150.0E1006 mbExtratropical
Dec 28, 00:0032.0N 153.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 28, 06:0034.0N 155.0E998 mbExtratropical
Dec 28, 12:0036.5N 160.5E994 mbExtratropical
Dec 28, 18:0040.0N 166.0E988 mbExtratropical
Dec 29, 00:0042.5N 171.5E980 mbExtratropical
Dec 29, 06:0045.0N 177.0E972 mbExtratropical
Dec 29, 12:0046.5N 182.0EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific 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.