Tropical Storm Willy (1994)
Tropical Storm Willy peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between April 26, 1994 and May 2, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Willy, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- April 26, 1994 to May 2, 1994
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 521 km (324 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Identifier
- SH301994
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, 00:00 | 4.8S 95.4E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 26, 06:00 | 5.1S 95.3E | 20 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 26, 12:00 | 5.3S 95.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 26, 18:00 | 5.6S 95.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 27, 00:00 | 5.9S 95.2E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 27, 06:00 | 6.3S 95.3E | 25 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Apr 27, 12:00 | 6.9S 95.6E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 27, 18:00 | 7.6S 95.6E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 00:00 | 8.1S 95.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 06:00 | 8.5S 95.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 12:00 | 8.8S 94.8E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 18:00 | 9.4S 94.8E | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 00:00 | 10.1S 95.3E | 30 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 06:00 | 10.8S 95.7E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 12:00 | 11.4S 96.1E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 18:00 | 12.1S 96.5E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 00:00 | 12.7S 96.3E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 06:00 | 13.4S 95.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 12:00 | 14.1S 94.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 18:00 | 14.7S 94.3E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 1, 00:00 | 15.1S 93.6E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 1, 06:00 | 16.7S 90.6E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 1, 12:00 | 17.0S 89.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 1, 18:00 | 17.2S 88.2E | Tropical storm | ||
| May 2, 00:00 | 17.4S 87.3E | 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
- Cyclone VivienneSouth 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.