The 1995 season

Tropical Storm Christelle (1995)

Tropical Storm Christelle peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between December 27, 1994 and January 11, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Christelle, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
December 27, 1994 to January 11, 1995
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.2
Identifier
SH071995

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 27, 18:0010.5S 54.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 00:0010.7S 53.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 06:0011.0S 53.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 12:0011.1S 52.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 18:0011.2S 52.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 00:0011.4S 52.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 06:0011.5S 52.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 12:0011.7S 52.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 18:0011.8S 52.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 00:0012.0S 52.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 06:0012.3S 52.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 12:0012.8S 52.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 18:0013.3S 52.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 00:0013.8S 51.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 06:0014.2S 51.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 12:0014.4S 51.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 18:0014.5S 51.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 00:0014.6S 51.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 06:0014.7S 51.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 12:0014.8S 51.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 18:0014.9S 51.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 00:0014.9S 51.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 06:0015.0S 51.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 12:0015.1S 50.7E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 18:0015.1S 50.4E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jan 3, 00:0014.8S 50.0ENot reported
Jan 3, 06:0014.2S 49.9ENot reported
Jan 3, 12:0014.5S 50.2ENot reported
Jan 3, 18:0014.3S 50.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 4, 00:0013.6S 50.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 4, 06:0013.0S 51.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 4, 12:0012.9S 52.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 4, 18:0011.0S 54.0E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 5, 00:0011.4S 54.6E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 5, 06:0011.8S 55.2E20 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 5, 12:0012.2S 55.8E20 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 5, 18:0012.7S 56.3E20 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 6, 00:0013.2S 56.8E25 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 6, 06:0013.9S 57.2E25 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 6, 12:0014.8S 57.5E30 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jan 6, 18:0015.7S 57.7E35 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 7, 00:0016.5S 57.8E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 7, 06:0017.2S 57.8E40 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 7, 12:0017.8S 57.9E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 7, 18:0018.3S 57.9E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 00:0018.8S 57.8E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 06:0019.2S 57.8E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 12:0019.6S 57.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 18:0020.1S 57.6E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 00:0020.7S 57.5E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 06:0021.4S 57.4E25 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 12:0022.2S 57.3E25 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 18:0023.0S 57.1E20 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 10, 00:0024.2S 58.8E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 10, 06:0025.4S 59.7E30 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 10, 12:0026.9S 61.2E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 10, 18:0028.6S 63.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 11, 00:0030.4S 65.4EExtratropical
Jan 11, 06:0032.8S 68.4EExtratropical

Other South Indian storms of 1995

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.