Unnamed cyclone (1994)
Unnamed cyclone reached Category 4 in the North Indian between April 26, 1994 and May 3, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed cyclone, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- April 26, 1994 to May 3, 1994
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.9
- Identifier
- IO021994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 18:00 | 7.4N 95.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Apr 27, 00:00 | 7.6N 95.0E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Apr 27, 06:00 | 7.8N 94.5E | 15 kt | Not reported | |
| Apr 27, 12:00 | 8.0N 94.0E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Apr 27, 18:00 | 8.2N 93.5E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Apr 28, 00:00 | 8.4N 93.0E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Apr 28, 06:00 | 8.6N 92.5E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Apr 28, 12:00 | 8.8N 92.0E | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Apr 28, 18:00 | 9.1N 91.5E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Apr 29, 00:00 | 9.4N 91.1E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 29, 06:00 | 9.7N 90.7E | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 29, 12:00 | 10.2N 90.6E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 29, 18:00 | 10.7N 90.5E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 30, 00:00 | 11.3N 90.4E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 30, 06:00 | 11.9N 90.3E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 30, 12:00 | 12.6N 90.2E | 55 kt | 988 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 30, 18:00 | 13.4N 90.2E | 65 kt | 988 mb | Not reported |
| May 1, 00:00 | 14.4N 90.3E | 75 kt | 986 mb | Not reported |
| May 1, 06:00 | 15.4N 90.5E | 85 kt | 986 mb | Not reported |
| May 1, 12:00 | 16.5N 90.7E | 95 kt | 972 mb | Not reported |
| May 1, 18:00 | 17.6N 91.0E | 105 kt | 962 mb | Not reported |
| May 2, 00:00 | 18.7N 91.3E | 115 kt | 952 mb | Not reported |
| May 2, 06:00 | 19.7N 91.7E | 125 kt | 948 mb | Not reported |
| May 2, 12:00 | 20.7N 92.1E | 110 kt | 940 mb | Not reported |
| May 2, 18:00 | 21.7N 92.6E | 80 kt | Not reported | |
| May 3, 00:00 | 22.4N 93.5E | 50 kt | Not reported | |
| May 3, 06:00 | 23.0N 94.5E | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| May 3, 12:00 | 23.5N 95.6E | 20 kt | Not reported |
Other North Indian 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.