The 1994 season

Cyclone Vivienne (1994)

Cyclone Vivienne reached Category 1 in the South Indian between April 5, 1994 and April 13, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Cyclone Vivienne. 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
South Indian
Dates
April 5, 1994 to April 13, 1994
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 56 km (35 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.1
Identifier
SH281994

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
Apr 5, 00:008.3S 128.9E20 ktTropical storm
Apr 5, 06:009.3S 128.5E20 ktTropical storm
Apr 5, 12:0010.0S 127.8E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 5, 18:0010.6S 127.2E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 6, 00:0011.1S 126.5E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 06:0011.3S 125.2E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 12:0011.1S 124.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 18:0011.1S 123.5E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 00:0011.3S 123.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 06:0011.5S 122.5E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 12:0011.7S 122.0E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 18:0012.1S 121.3E50 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 00:0012.6S 120.7E55 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 06:0013.1S 120.2E60 kt960 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 12:0013.6S 119.7E65 kt960 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 18:0014.0S 119.1E65 kt960 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 00:0014.4S 118.6E70 kt960 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 06:0014.7S 117.7E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 12:0015.0S 116.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 18:0015.2S 115.6E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 00:0015.4S 114.2E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 06:0015.9S 112.7E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 12:0016.5S 111.3E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 18:0016.9S 110.0E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 00:0017.0S 108.3E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 06:0017.1S 106.7E45 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 12:0017.2S 105.8E40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 18:0017.3S 105.4E40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 00:0017.6S 105.2E35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 06:0018.1S 105.0E35 ktTropical storm
Apr 12, 12:0018.9S 105.0E30 ktTropical storm
Apr 12, 18:0019.7S 105.1E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 13, 00:0020.6S 105.2E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 13, 06:0021.5S 105.5E20 ktTropical storm

Other South 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.