The 1994 season

Cyclone Hollanda (1994)

Cyclone Hollanda reached Category 3 in the South Indian between February 5, 1994 and February 15, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Cyclone Hollanda. 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
South Indian
Dates
February 5, 1994 to February 15, 1994
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 20 km (12 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.6
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
SH151994

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
Feb 5, 06:008.6S 75.0E15 ktTropical storm
Feb 5, 12:008.7S 74.1E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 5, 18:008.9S 73.1E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 6, 00:009.3S 72.1E25 ktTropical storm
Feb 6, 06:009.8S 71.1E25 ktTropical storm
Feb 6, 12:0010.4S 70.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 18:0011.1S 69.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 00:0011.7S 68.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 06:0012.1S 67.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 12:0012.3S 66.4E40 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0012.6S 65.5E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0012.9S 64.6E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 06:0013.3S 63.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 12:0013.6S 63.1E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 18:0013.9S 62.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 00:0014.3S 61.8E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 06:0015.0S 61.4E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 12:0015.8S 61.0E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 18:0016.6S 60.5E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 00:0017.4S 59.9E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 06:0018.2S 59.1E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0019.1S 58.3E95 kt945 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 18:0019.8S 57.4E100 kt940 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0020.5S 56.6E105 kt940 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0021.2S 56.1E105 kt945 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 12:0022.0S 55.5E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 18:0022.8S 54.7E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 00:0023.8S 54.1E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0024.8S 53.6E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:0025.8S 53.2E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:0026.8S 52.9E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0027.6S 52.7E80 kt965 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0028.3S 52.7E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0029.3S 52.9E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0029.9S 53.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0030.1S 54.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0030.1S 55.3E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 12:0030.2S 56.1E25 ktMixed
Feb 14, 18:0032.3S 57.9EExtratropical
Feb 15, 00:0033.8S 58.8EExtratropical
Feb 15, 06:0034.5S 60.0EExtratropical
Feb 15, 12:0034.6S 61.5EExtratropical

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.