The 1994 season

Tropical Storm Russ (1994)

Tropical Storm Russ peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between June 2, 1994 and June 12, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Russ. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
June 2, 1994 to June 12, 1994
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.1
Identifier
WP051994

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
Jun 2, 06:0019.0N 112.5E20 ktNot reported
Jun 2, 12:0019.1N 112.8E20 ktNot reported
Jun 2, 18:0019.2N 113.2E20 ktNot reported
Jun 3, 00:0019.3N 113.6E25 ktNot reported
Jun 3, 06:0019.4N 114.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 12:0019.5N 114.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 3, 18:0019.7N 115.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 00:0019.9N 115.7E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 06:0020.1N 116.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 12:0020.1N 116.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 4, 18:0020.0N 117.0E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 00:0020.0N 117.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 06:0020.0N 117.0E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 12:0019.9N 116.9E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 5, 18:0019.8N 116.6E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 00:0019.7N 116.1E50 kt990 mbXX
Jun 6, 06:0019.5N 115.5E55 kt985 mbXX
Jun 6, 12:0019.4N 114.8E55 kt985 mbXX
Jun 6, 18:0019.4N 113.9E55 kt985 mbXX
Jun 7, 00:0019.5N 113.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 06:0019.6N 112.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 12:0019.7N 112.0E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 18:0020.0N 111.4E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 00:0020.5N 110.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 06:0021.0N 110.3E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 12:0021.8N 110.0E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 8, 18:0022.5N 109.9E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 00:0023.2N 110.1E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 06:0023.7N 110.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 9, 12:0024.2N 110.8E20 kt1002 mbMixed
Jun 9, 18:0027.0N 114.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 10, 00:0027.5N 115.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 10, 06:0028.0N 116.9E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 10, 12:0028.4N 118.7E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 10, 18:0028.9N 121.8E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 11, 00:0030.3N 123.8E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 11, 06:0030.8N 125.3E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 11, 12:0031.0N 127.0E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 11, 18:0031.8N 129.5E1004 mbExtratropical
Jun 12, 00:0032.0N 134.0E1006 mbExtratropical

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.