The 1994 season

Typhoon Ellie (1994)

Typhoon Ellie reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 3, 1994 and August 19, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Ellie, 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
Western Pacific
Dates
August 3, 1994 to August 19, 1994
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.8
Identifier
WP181994

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 3, 00:0030.3N 148.7E15 ktNot reported
Aug 3, 06:0030.1N 148.5E15 ktNot reported
Aug 3, 12:0030.0N 148.3E15 ktNot reported
Aug 3, 18:0029.8N 148.1E15 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 00:0029.7N 147.9E15 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 06:0029.5N 147.7E15 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 12:0029.3N 147.5E15 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 18:0029.1N 147.3E15 ktNot reported
Aug 5, 00:0028.9N 147.2E20 ktNot reported
Aug 5, 06:0028.7N 147.0E20 ktNot reported
Aug 5, 12:0028.5N 146.9E20 ktNot reported
Aug 5, 18:0028.3N 146.8E20 ktNot reported
Aug 6, 00:0028.0N 146.6E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0027.4N 146.5E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 6, 12:0026.8N 146.5E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 6, 18:0026.3N 146.3E25 kt1008 mbMixed
Aug 7, 00:0025.9N 146.1E30 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0025.6N 145.8E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0025.4N 145.3E30 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0025.2N 144.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0025.1N 144.3E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0025.0N 143.6E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0024.9N 142.9E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0024.8N 142.2E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0024.6N 141.5E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0024.4N 140.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0024.1N 139.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0023.9N 139.2E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0023.5N 138.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0023.1N 138.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0023.0N 138.9E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0023.4N 139.0E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0024.1N 138.9E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0024.9N 138.3E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0025.7N 137.5E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0026.5N 136.5E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0027.3N 135.3E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0028.0N 134.1E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0028.7N 132.8E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0029.4N 131.4E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0030.0N 130.0E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0030.7N 128.6E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0031.2N 127.2E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0031.7N 125.8E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0032.0N 124.5E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0032.3N 123.4E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0032.9N 122.6E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0033.5N 122.1E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0034.3N 121.9E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0035.3N 122.0E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0036.5N 122.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0037.9N 122.3E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0039.5N 122.6E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0041.4N 123.2E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0043.5N 124.7E25 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 16, 18:0046.0N 131.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 00:0048.0N 135.0E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 06:0051.0N 141.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 12:0052.0N 145.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 17, 18:0053.5N 149.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 00:0054.5N 153.0E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 06:0056.0N 155.0E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 12:0057.0N 157.0E998 mbExtratropical
Aug 18, 18:0058.0N 159.0E1002 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 00:0060.0N 164.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 06:0062.0N 168.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 12:0063.0N 174.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Aug 19, 18:0069.0N 179.0E1004 mbExtratropical

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.