Tropical Storm Naomi (1994)
Tropical Storm Naomi peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between December 14, 1993 and December 18, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Naomi, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- December 14, 1993 to December 18, 1993
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb (28.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- SH041994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 13.3S 119.5E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 13.4S 120.2E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 13.5S 120.9E | 15 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 13.8S 121.6E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 14.1S 122.1E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 14.4S 122.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 14.8S 122.2E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 15.3S 122.0E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 15.9S 121.8E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 16.6S 121.5E | 40 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 17.6S 121.3E | 50 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 18.5S 121.4E | 55 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 19.4S 121.6E | 55 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 20.4S 121.8E | 35 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 21.5S 122.0E | 30 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 22.5S 122.7E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 23.6S 123.5E | 20 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlexinaSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm BettinaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone CeciliaSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm OscarSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone DaisySouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone Farah:PearlSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm EdmeaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone QuentonSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone GeraldaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone HollandaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone IvySouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Depression JulitaSouth Indian · 1994
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone LitanneSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm KelvinaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone MariolaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone SharonSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone NadiaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone OdilleSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm TimSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone VivienneSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm WillySouth Indian · 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.