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
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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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 8.3S 128.9E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 9.3S 128.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 5, 12:00 | 10.0S 127.8E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 5, 18:00 | 10.6S 127.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 6, 00:00 | 11.1S 126.5E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 06:00 | 11.3S 125.2E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 12:00 | 11.1S 124.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 6, 18:00 | 11.1S 123.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 00:00 | 11.3S 123.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 06:00 | 11.5S 122.5E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 12:00 | 11.7S 122.0E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 7, 18:00 | 12.1S 121.3E | 50 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 00:00 | 12.6S 120.7E | 55 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 06:00 | 13.1S 120.2E | 60 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 12:00 | 13.6S 119.7E | 65 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 18:00 | 14.0S 119.1E | 65 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 14.4S 118.6E | 70 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 14.7S 117.7E | 70 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 15.0S 116.7E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 15.2S 115.6E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 15.4S 114.2E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 15.9S 112.7E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 16.5S 111.3E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 16.9S 110.0E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 17.0S 108.3E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 17.1S 106.7E | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 17.2S 105.8E | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 17.3S 105.4E | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 17.6S 105.2E | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 12, 06:00 | 18.1S 105.0E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 12:00 | 18.9S 105.0E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 12, 18:00 | 19.7S 105.1E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 13, 00:00 | 20.6S 105.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 13, 06:00 | 21.5S 105.5E | 20 kt | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlexinaSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm BettinaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone CeciliaSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm NaomiSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm OscarSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone DaisySouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone Farah:PearlSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm EdmeaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone QuentonSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone GeraldaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone HollandaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone IvySouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Depression JulitaSouth Indian · 1994
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone LitanneSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm KelvinaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone MariolaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone SharonSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone NadiaSouth Indian · 1994
- Cyclone OdilleSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm TimSouth Indian · 1994
- Tropical Storm WillySouth Indian · 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.