The 1994 season

Typhoon Seth (1994)

Typhoon Seth reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between September 30, 1994 and October 16, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 910 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Seth, 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 30, 1994 to October 16, 1994
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
910 mb (26.87 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
24.9
Identifier
WP321994

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Oct 4, 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 30, 06:007.6N 175.6E10 ktNot reported
Sep 30, 12:007.6N 173.9E15 ktNot reported
Sep 30, 18:007.7N 172.2E15 ktNot reported
Oct 1, 00:007.9N 170.5E15 ktNot reported
Oct 1, 06:008.1N 168.8E15 ktNot reported
Oct 1, 12:008.3N 167.1E20 ktNot reported
Oct 1, 18:008.6N 165.3E20 ktNot reported
Oct 2, 00:008.9N 163.5E20 ktNot reported
Oct 2, 06:009.2N 161.7E25 ktNot reported
Oct 2, 12:009.5N 159.9E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 18:009.8N 158.1E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 00:0010.1N 156.3E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 06:0010.3N 154.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 12:0010.5N 152.7E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 3, 18:0010.8N 151.0E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 00:0011.1N 149.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 06:0011.4N 147.7E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0011.7N 146.1E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 18:0012.0N 144.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 00:0012.3N 142.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 06:0012.6N 141.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 12:0012.9N 139.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 18:0013.3N 137.6E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 00:0013.8N 135.9E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 06:0014.4N 134.4E75 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 12:0015.0N 132.9E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 6, 18:0015.6N 131.4E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 00:0016.3N 129.9E95 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 06:0016.9N 128.6E105 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 12:0017.6N 127.4E120 kt925 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 18:0018.4N 126.4E120 kt915 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0019.1N 125.6E120 kt910 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 06:0019.8N 125.0E115 kt910 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 12:0020.5N 124.5E115 kt915 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 18:0021.2N 124.1E110 kt920 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 00:0022.1N 123.9E110 kt925 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 06:0023.0N 123.8E105 kt935 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0024.0N 123.5E105 kt940 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0024.8N 123.1E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0025.7N 122.8E95 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:0026.5N 122.7E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 12:0027.4N 123.0E85 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 18:0028.4N 123.3E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 00:0029.5N 123.7E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 06:0030.6N 124.4E70 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 12:0032.0N 125.3E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 18:0033.7N 126.7E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 00:0036.3N 128.8E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 06:0039.2N 131.1E60 kt988 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 12:0042.1N 133.5E55 kt988 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 18:0045.0N 136.0E55 kt986 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 00:0047.0N 140.0E50 kt986 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 06:0047.0N 142.0E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 12:0048.1N 145.0E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 18:0048.6N 147.2E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 14, 00:0049.0N 150.0E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 14, 06:0049.0N 154.0E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 14, 12:0049.5N 157.0E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 14, 18:0050.0N 160.0E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 15, 00:0050.5N 163.0E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 15, 06:0051.0N 165.0E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 15, 12:0051.0N 167.0E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 15, 18:0051.5N 169.5E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 16, 00:0051.5N 172.0E980 mbExtratropical
Oct 16, 06:0051.5N 174.5E980 mbExtratropical
Oct 16, 12:0051.5N 177.5E984 mbExtratropical
Oct 16, 18:0051.5N 182.0EExtratropical

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.