The 1994 season

Typhoon Owen (1994)

Typhoon Owen reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between March 28, 1994 and April 9, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Owen, 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
March 28, 1994 to April 9, 1994
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
8.7
Identifier
WP021994

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 28, 18:008.5N 147.7E15 ktNot reported
Mar 29, 00:008.9N 146.5E15 ktNot reported
Mar 29, 06:009.3N 145.3E15 ktNot reported
Mar 29, 12:009.6N 144.1E15 ktNot reported
Mar 29, 18:009.9N 142.9E15 ktNot reported
Mar 30, 00:0010.1N 141.7E20 ktNot reported
Mar 30, 06:0010.3N 140.5E20 ktNot reported
Mar 30, 12:0010.5N 139.3E20 ktNot reported
Mar 30, 18:0010.7N 138.1E20 ktNot reported
Mar 31, 00:0010.9N 136.9E25 ktNot reported
Mar 31, 06:0011.1N 135.9E25 ktNot reported
Mar 31, 12:0011.2N 135.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 18:0011.3N 134.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 00:0011.4N 133.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 06:0011.4N 132.7E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0011.4N 131.9E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 18:0011.4N 131.2E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 00:0011.3N 130.5E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 06:0011.3N 129.9E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 12:0011.2N 129.3E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 18:0011.0N 128.7E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 00:0010.8N 128.1E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 06:0010.6N 127.6E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 12:0010.4N 127.0E70 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 18:0010.3N 126.3E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 00:0010.2N 125.5E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 06:0010.1N 124.5E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 12:0010.2N 123.4E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 18:0010.4N 122.3E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 00:0010.7N 121.2E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 06:0011.0N 120.1E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 12:0011.3N 119.0E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 18:0011.6N 118.0E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 00:0011.8N 117.2E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 06:0012.0N 116.5E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 12:0012.5N 116.1E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 18:0013.0N 116.0E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 00:0013.6N 115.9E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 06:0014.2N 116.0E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 12:0014.8N 116.1E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 18:0015.4N 116.3E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 00:0016.0N 116.5E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 06:0016.6N 116.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 12:0017.2N 117.1E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 18:0017.7N 117.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 00:0018.1N 117.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 06:0018.4N 118.2E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm

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.