The 1994 season

Typhoon Kinna (1994)

Typhoon Kinna reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between September 1, 1994 and September 13, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Kinna, 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
September 1, 1994 to September 13, 1994
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
960 mb (28.35 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 186 km (116 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.7
Identifier
WP241994

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Sep 3, 06:00 UTC

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
Sep 1, 00:007.0N 150.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 1, 06:007.9N 149.8E15 ktNot reported
Sep 1, 12:008.7N 149.1E15 ktNot reported
Sep 1, 18:009.4N 148.3E15 ktNot reported
Sep 2, 00:0010.0N 147.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 2, 06:0010.3N 146.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 2, 12:0010.6N 145.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 2, 18:0011.0N 144.7E15 ktNot reported
Sep 3, 00:0011.5N 143.9E15 ktNot reported
Sep 3, 06:0012.2N 143.2E15 ktNot reported
Sep 3, 12:0012.9N 142.5E15 ktNot reported
Sep 3, 18:0013.9N 142.0E15 ktNot reported
Sep 4, 00:0015.0N 141.6E20 ktNot reported
Sep 4, 06:0016.1N 141.5E20 ktNot reported
Sep 4, 12:0017.1N 141.4E20 ktNot reported
Sep 4, 18:0018.1N 141.3E25 ktNot reported
Sep 5, 00:0019.1N 141.2E25 ktNot reported
Sep 5, 06:0020.1N 141.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 12:0021.0N 141.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0021.9N 140.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0022.7N 140.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0023.4N 140.6E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0024.0N 140.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0024.4N 140.3E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0024.7N 140.1E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0025.1N 140.0E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0025.5N 139.8E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0025.9N 139.6E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0026.3N 139.5E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 06:0026.8N 139.5E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0027.3N 139.5E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0027.7N 139.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0028.1N 139.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0028.5N 139.9E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0028.9N 140.0E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0029.4N 139.8E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0029.9N 139.5E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0030.5N 139.2E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0031.1N 139.4E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0031.8N 140.0E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 00:0032.7N 141.0E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 06:0033.7N 142.1E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 12:0035.2N 143.6E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0037.1N 145.5E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0039.4N 148.0E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0042.3N 151.7E55 kt992 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 12:0045.5N 156.5E45 kt1008 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 18:0048.0N 162.5E40 kt1008 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 00:0050.0N 159.0E1008 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.