The 1994 season

Tropical Storm Nat (1994)

Tropical Storm Nat peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between September 14, 1994 and September 23, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Nat, 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 14, 1994 to September 23, 1994
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
992 mb (29.29 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1082 km (672 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.3
Identifier
WP271994

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Sep 15, 18:00 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 14, 00:0012.5N 139.2E25 ktNot reported
Sep 14, 06:0012.8N 139.7E25 ktNot reported
Sep 14, 12:0013.1N 140.3E30 ktNot reported
Sep 14, 18:0013.4N 141.0E30 ktNot reported
Sep 15, 00:0013.7N 141.8E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0013.9N 142.7E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0014.0N 143.7E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 18:0014.2N 144.8E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0014.4N 146.2E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 06:0014.7N 147.8E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0015.2N 149.6E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0015.7N 151.4E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0016.3N 153.2E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0017.2N 154.7E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0018.4N 155.7E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0019.6N 156.2E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0020.8N 156.3E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0021.9N 156.0E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0022.9N 155.3E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 18:0023.7N 154.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 00:0024.3N 153.1E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 06:0024.9N 152.1E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 12:0025.4N 151.2E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 19, 18:0025.9N 150.5E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 00:0026.4N 149.9E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 06:0026.9N 149.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 12:0027.6N 149.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 20, 18:0028.4N 149.1E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 00:0029.2N 149.6E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 06:0029.7N 150.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 12:0030.1N 151.0E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 21, 18:0030.4N 151.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 00:0030.7N 152.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 22, 06:0030.9N 152.4E25 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 12:0031.1N 152.7E25 ktNot reported
Sep 22, 18:0031.4N 152.9E20 ktNot reported
Sep 23, 00:0031.7N 153.0E15 ktNot reported

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.