The 1994 season

Typhoon Verne (1994)

Typhoon Verne reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 13, 1994 and November 4, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Typhoon Verne. 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
October 13, 1994 to November 4, 1994
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
950 mb (28.05 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 498 km (309 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
32.4
Identifier
WP331994

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Oct 19, 00:00 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
Oct 13, 12:007.5N 175.5E15 ktNot reported
Oct 13, 18:007.9N 174.7E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 00:008.3N 173.9E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 06:008.7N 173.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 12:009.0N 172.0E15 ktNot reported
Oct 14, 18:009.2N 170.9E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 00:009.4N 169.7E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 06:009.6N 168.4E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 12:009.8N 167.1E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0010.0N 165.7E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0010.3N 164.1E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0010.7N 162.4E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0011.2N 160.6E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0011.7N 158.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0012.2N 156.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0012.6N 155.0E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0013.0N 153.3E30 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0013.4N 151.6E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0013.7N 150.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0013.9N 148.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0014.1N 147.1E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0014.3N 145.8E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0014.5N 144.5E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 06:0014.7N 143.1E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 12:0014.9N 141.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 19, 18:0015.1N 140.2E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 00:0015.4N 138.7E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 06:0015.7N 137.3E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0016.1N 135.9E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0016.5N 134.6E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0016.9N 133.6E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 06:0017.3N 132.9E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 12:0017.6N 132.4E75 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0017.9N 132.0E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0018.1N 131.6E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0018.3N 131.3E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0018.4N 131.0E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0018.5N 130.7E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0018.5N 130.4E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0018.4N 130.3E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0018.2N 130.2E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0018.1N 130.1E115 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0017.8N 130.0E115 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0017.5N 129.9E115 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0017.1N 129.8E110 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0016.7N 129.7E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0016.3N 129.6E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0016.0N 129.5E105 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0015.8N 129.4E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0015.6N 129.3E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0015.4N 129.2E95 kt955 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0015.2N 129.1E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0015.1N 129.2E90 kt960 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0015.2N 129.4E85 kt965 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0015.5N 129.7E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:0015.9N 129.9E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0016.4N 130.1E70 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 18:0016.9N 130.4E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 00:0017.5N 130.7E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 06:0018.0N 131.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 12:0018.6N 131.3E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 28, 18:0019.2N 131.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 00:0019.8N 131.9E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 06:0020.4N 132.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 12:0021.1N 132.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 18:0021.8N 133.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 00:0022.7N 134.5E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 06:0023.5N 135.4E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 12:0024.3N 136.4E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 18:0025.0N 137.3E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 00:0025.5N 138.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 06:0025.8N 139.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 12:0026.1N 140.4E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 18:0026.7N 141.9E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 00:0027.4N 143.3E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 06:0027.9N 144.0E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 12:0028.4N 144.7E45 kt1004 mbMixed
Nov 1, 18:0029.2N 145.7E45 kt1004 mbMixed
Nov 2, 00:0030.6N 147.5E45 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 2, 06:0032.2N 149.5E50 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 2, 12:0033.9N 151.3E55 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 2, 18:0035.5N 153.6E60 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 3, 00:0036.7N 155.2E60 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 3, 06:0037.7N 156.7E60 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Nov 3, 12:0038.7N 158.2E60 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Nov 3, 18:0039.8N 159.7E60 kt1008 mbExtratropical
Nov 4, 00:0041.7N 161.7E60 kt1008 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.