Hurricane Emilia (1994)
Hurricane Emilia reached Category 5 in the Eastern Pacific between July 16, 1994 and July 25, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Emilia, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 16, 1994 to July 25, 1994
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 274 km (170 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 33.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- EP051994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 8.5N 131.3W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 8.5N 132.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 8.8N 133.3W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 9.2N 134.5W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 9.6N 135.9W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 9.9N 137.4W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 10.1N 138.8W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 10.3N 140.1W | 90 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 10.4N 141.4W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 10.6N 142.7W | 115 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 10.7N 143.8W | 120 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 10.8N 144.4W | 125 kt | 940 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 11.0N 145.5W | 130 kt | 930 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 11.3N 147.0W | 135 kt | 928 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 11.5N 148.4W | 135 kt | 926 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 11.7N 149.6W | 140 kt | 926 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 11.9N 150.6W | 135 kt | 926 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 12.3N 151.6W | 135 kt | 929 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 12.6N 152.6W | 135 kt | 936 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 13.0N 153.4W | 135 kt | 935 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 13.5N 154.2W | 130 kt | 932 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 14.1N 154.9W | 130 kt | 936 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 14.7N 155.5W | 125 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 15.4N 156.0W | 120 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 16.2N 156.6W | 110 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 16.9N 157.2W | 100 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 17.4N 158.0W | 85 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 17.9N 158.8W | 75 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 18.3N 159.5W | 60 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 18.8N 160.2W | 55 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 19.2N 161.0W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 19.7N 162.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 20.2N 162.9W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 20.5N 163.6W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 20.7N 164.5W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 21.0N 165.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 21.3N 166.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm FabioEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane LiEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm HectorEastern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm MeleEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Depression LaneEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane RosaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm NonaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm YuriEastern Pacific · 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.