Hurricane Rosa (1994)
Hurricane Rosa reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between October 8, 1994 and October 15, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 8, 1994 to October 15, 1994
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Identifier
- EP191994
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.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 10:00 | Escuinapa de Hidalgo, Sinaloa, Mexico, 29 km away | 22.6N 105.9W | 90 kt (104 mph) | 977 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 17.2N 113.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 17.2N 113.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 17.2N 112.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 17.2N 112.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 17.2N 112.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 17.1N 112.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 17.0N 112.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 16.8N 111.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 16.6N 110.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 16.8N 109.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 16.8N 109.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 16.9N 109.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 16.9N 108.9W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 16.9N 108.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 17.0N 108.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 17.1N 108.3W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 17.2N 108.1W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 17.4N 108.1W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 17.6N 108.1W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 17.9N 108.1W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 18.4N 108.0W | 80 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 18.8N 107.9W | 85 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 19.8N 107.5W | 90 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 21.2N 106.8W | 90 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 10:00 landfall | 22.6N 105.9W | 90 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 23.0N 105.5W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 25.3N 103.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 28.0N 101.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane EmiliaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm FabioEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane LiEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm HectorEastern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm MeleEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Depression LaneEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm NonaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm YuriEastern 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.