The 1994 season

Typhoon Tim (1994)

Typhoon Tim reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between July 5, 1994 and July 13, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Tim. 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
July 5, 1994 to July 13, 1994
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.9
Identifier
WP081994

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
Jul 5, 00:009.0N 139.0E15 ktNot reported
Jul 5, 06:009.5N 137.9E15 ktNot reported
Jul 5, 12:0010.0N 136.8E20 ktNot reported
Jul 5, 18:0010.5N 135.7E20 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 00:0011.0N 134.6E20 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 06:0011.5N 133.6E20 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 12:0012.0N 132.7E25 ktNot reported
Jul 6, 18:0012.6N 132.0E25 ktNot reported
Jul 7, 00:0013.2N 131.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 06:0013.8N 130.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 12:0014.4N 130.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 7, 18:0015.0N 130.1E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 00:0015.6N 129.7E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 06:0016.1N 129.2E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 12:0016.7N 128.6E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 18:0017.3N 127.9E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 00:0017.9N 127.0E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 06:0018.5N 126.2E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 12:0019.2N 125.3E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 18:0019.9N 124.4E120 kt935 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 00:0020.8N 123.5E120 kt930 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 06:0021.9N 122.5E125 kt930 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 12:0023.2N 121.5E125 kt940 mbTropical storm
Jul 10, 18:0024.4N 120.1E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 00:0025.2N 118.3E65 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 06:0026.0N 116.8E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 12:0026.9N 115.4E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 18:0027.6N 114.1E20 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 00:0028.2N 112.8E15 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 06:0029.5N 115.1ETropical storm
Jul 12, 12:0032.8N 115.7ETropical storm
Jul 12, 18:0036.6N 117.0EDisturbance
Jul 13, 00:0038.7N 118.0EDisturbance
Jul 13, 06:0040.1N 120.0EDisturbance
Jul 13, 12:0041.9N 123.0EExtratropical

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.