The 1994 season

Cyclone Ivy (1994)

Cyclone Ivy reached Category 3 in the South Indian between February 6, 1994 and February 21, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Cyclone Ivy. 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 6, 1994 to February 21, 1994
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 479 km (298 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
14.0
Identifier
SH161994

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 6, 00:0012.1S 95.1E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 6, 06:0012.3S 94.5E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 6, 12:0012.4S 93.8E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 6, 18:0012.6S 93.0E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 7, 00:0012.8S 92.0E25 ktTropical storm
Feb 7, 06:0013.0S 91.0E25 ktTropical storm
Feb 7, 12:0013.1S 90.0E25 ktTropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0013.2S 89.1E25 ktTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0013.3S 88.2E25 ktTropical storm
Feb 8, 06:0013.4S 87.4E25 ktTropical storm
Feb 8, 12:0013.5S 86.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 18:0013.5S 84.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 00:0013.5S 83.7E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 06:0013.4S 82.6E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 12:0013.3S 81.5E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 18:0013.1S 80.3E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 00:0012.8S 79.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 06:0012.5S 78.4E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0012.2S 77.8E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 18:0011.8S 77.2E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0011.5S 76.8E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0011.1S 76.7E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 12:0011.1S 76.1E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 18:0011.5S 75.1E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 00:0012.3S 73.8E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0013.1S 72.7E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:0013.9S 71.6E60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:0014.6S 70.3E65 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0015.4S 69.1E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0016.0S 67.8E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0016.4S 66.7E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0016.8S 65.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0017.3S 65.4E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0017.7S 64.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 12:0018.0S 64.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 18:0018.4S 63.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 00:0018.8S 62.8E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 06:0019.4S 62.5E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 12:0019.8S 62.3E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 18:0020.2S 62.3E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 00:0020.7S 62.4E60 kt965 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 06:0021.3S 62.5E70 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 12:0021.9S 62.7E75 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 18:0022.6S 62.7E80 kt950 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 00:0023.3S 62.6E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0023.8S 62.4E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 12:0024.1S 62.2E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 18:0024.3S 62.0E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 00:0024.5S 61.9E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 06:0024.7S 61.8E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 12:0024.9S 61.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 18:0025.2S 61.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 00:0025.6S 61.2E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 06:0026.1S 60.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 12:0026.6S 60.5E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 18:0027.1S 60.1E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 00:0028.8S 59.3E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 06:0029.9S 58.9E28 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 12:0031.0S 58.9E28 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 18:0031.9S 58.7EExtratropical
Feb 21, 00:0032.9S 58.4EExtratropical

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.