The 1994 season

Unnamed tropical storm (1994)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 55 kt in the North Indian between November 13, 1994 and November 20, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
North Indian
Dates
November 13, 1994 to November 20, 1994
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.9
Identifier
IO051994

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
Nov 13, 00:007.5N 69.5E15 ktNot reported
Nov 13, 06:008.0N 69.2E15 ktNot reported
Nov 13, 12:008.5N 68.9E15 ktNot reported
Nov 13, 18:008.9N 68.5E15 ktNot reported
Nov 14, 00:009.3N 68.1E15 ktNot reported
Nov 14, 06:009.6N 67.6E20 ktNot reported
Nov 14, 12:009.9N 67.1E20 ktNot reported
Nov 14, 18:0010.1N 66.6E20 ktNot reported
Nov 15, 00:0010.2N 66.2E25 kt1006 mbNot reported
Nov 15, 06:0010.1N 65.8E25 kt1006 mbNot reported
Nov 15, 12:009.9N 65.4E30 kt1006 mbNot reported
Nov 15, 18:009.7N 65.0E30 kt1006 mbNot reported
Nov 16, 00:009.5N 64.6E30 kt1006 mbNot reported
Nov 16, 06:009.2N 64.2E35 kt1002 mbNot reported
Nov 16, 12:009.0N 63.7E35 kt1000 mbNot reported
Nov 16, 18:008.9N 63.1E35 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 17, 00:008.8N 62.5E35 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 17, 06:008.7N 61.8E40 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 17, 12:008.6N 61.0E40 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 17, 18:008.5N 60.2E40 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 18, 00:008.4N 59.3E45 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 18, 06:008.3N 58.2E45 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 18, 12:008.2N 57.0E50 kt998 mbNot reported
Nov 18, 18:008.1N 55.7E50 kt996 mbNot reported
Nov 19, 00:008.0N 54.3E55 kt990 mbNot reported
Nov 19, 06:007.9N 52.8E55 kt984 mbNot reported
Nov 19, 12:007.8N 51.2E50 kt990 mbNot reported
Nov 19, 18:007.7N 49.7E45 kt994 mbNot reported
Nov 20, 00:007.6N 48.2E30 kt996 mbNot reported
Nov 20, 06:007.5N 46.7E15 ktNot 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.