The 1994 season

Cyclone Nadia (1994)

Cyclone Nadia reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 16, 1994 and April 2, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Nadia, 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
South Indian
Dates
March 16, 1994 to April 2, 1994
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
925 mb (27.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
16.9
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
SH231994

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
Mar 16, 18:0014.3S 78.0E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 00:0013.8S 78.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 06:0013.5S 77.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 12:0013.3S 75.4E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 17, 18:0013.2S 73.6E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 18, 00:0013.0S 72.5E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 18, 06:0012.8S 71.4E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 18, 12:0012.6S 70.3E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 18, 18:0012.4S 69.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 00:0012.2S 68.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 06:0012.0S 67.2E25 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 12:0011.8S 66.1E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 18:0011.7S 65.0E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 00:0011.7S 64.0E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 06:0011.8S 63.0E40 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 12:0011.9S 62.0E45 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 18:0012.1S 61.0E55 kt970 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 00:0012.3S 59.9E65 kt962 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 06:0012.5S 58.7E75 kt955 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 12:0012.7S 57.6E90 kt945 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 18:0012.8S 56.5E105 kt935 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 00:0012.9S 55.4E120 kt925 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 06:0013.0S 54.2E120 kt925 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 12:0013.0S 52.9E110 kt925 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 18:0013.0S 51.5E100 kt930 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 00:0013.1S 50.0E95 kt940 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 06:0013.3S 48.5E80 ktTropical storm
Mar 23, 12:0013.6S 47.0E70 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 18:0014.0S 45.6E75 kt986 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 00:0014.2S 44.3E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 06:0014.2S 43.1E75 kt976 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 12:0014.3S 41.9E80 kt972 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 18:0014.5S 40.7E75 ktTropical storm
Mar 25, 00:0014.8S 39.6E50 ktTropical storm
Mar 25, 06:0015.2S 38.6E30 ktTropical storm
Mar 25, 12:0015.6S 37.6E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 25, 18:0016.2S 36.9E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 26, 00:0016.8S 36.3E15 ktTropical storm
Mar 26, 06:0017.4S 35.9E15 ktTropical storm
Mar 26, 12:0018.0S 35.8E15 ktTropical storm
Mar 26, 18:0018.6S 35.7E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 27, 00:0019.1S 35.7E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 06:0019.6S 35.8E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 12:0020.0S 36.0E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 18:0020.3S 36.2E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 00:0020.6S 36.6E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 06:0020.6S 37.0E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 12:0020.3S 37.2E40 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 18:0020.0S 37.4E40 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 00:0019.8S 37.6E45 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 06:0019.5S 37.8E45 kt984 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 12:0019.2S 38.0E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 18:0019.0S 38.2E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 00:0018.8S 38.6E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 06:0018.7S 39.0E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 12:0018.7S 39.4E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 18:0018.7S 39.8E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 00:0018.8S 40.2E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 06:0018.9S 40.5E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 12:0019.0S 40.8E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 18:0019.1S 41.0E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 00:0019.3S 41.1E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 06:0019.6S 41.1E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0019.9S 40.8E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 18:0020.2S 40.4E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 2, 00:0020.5S 40.0E20 ktTropical storm

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.