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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 8.5N 147.7E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 8.9N 146.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 9.3N 145.3E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 29, 12:00 | 9.6N 144.1E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 29, 18:00 | 9.9N 142.9E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 30, 00:00 | 10.1N 141.7E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 30, 06:00 | 10.3N 140.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 30, 12:00 | 10.5N 139.3E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 30, 18:00 | 10.7N 138.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 31, 00:00 | 10.9N 136.9E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 31, 06:00 | 11.1N 135.9E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Mar 31, 12:00 | 11.2N 135.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 18:00 | 11.3N 134.3E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 11.4N 133.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 11.4N 132.7E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 11.4N 131.9E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 11.4N 131.2E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 11.3N 130.5E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 11.3N 129.9E | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 11.2N 129.3E | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 11.0N 128.7E | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 10.8N 128.1E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 10.6N 127.6E | 65 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 10.4N 127.0E | 70 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 10.3N 126.3E | 75 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 10.2N 125.5E | 75 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 10.1N 124.5E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 10.2N 123.4E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 10.4N 122.3E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 10.7N 121.2E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 11.0N 120.1E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 11.3N 119.0E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 11.6N 118.0E | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 11.8N 117.2E | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 12.0N 116.5E | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 12.5N 116.1E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 13.0N 116.0E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 00:00 | 13.6N 115.9E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 06:00 | 14.2N 116.0E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 12:00 | 14.8N 116.1E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 18:00 | 15.4N 116.3E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 00:00 | 16.0N 116.5E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 06:00 | 16.6N 116.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 12:00 | 17.2N 117.1E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 18:00 | 17.7N 117.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 18.1N 117.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 18.4N 118.2E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon PageWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm RussWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm SharonWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon TimWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm VanessaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon ZekeWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon WaltWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm YunyaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm AmyWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm BrendanWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm CaitlinWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon DougWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon EllieWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon FredWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon GladysWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm HarryWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon IvyWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm JoelWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon KinnaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm LukeWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon MelissaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm NatWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon OrchidWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon PatWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm Pat:RuthWestern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Depression PatWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon SethWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon VerneWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon TeresaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon WildaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Super Typhoon ZeldaWestern Pacific · 1994
- Typhoon AxelWestern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm BobbieWestern Pacific · 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.