The 1996 season

Tropical Storm Lisa (1996)

Tropical Storm Lisa peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between August 4, 1996 and August 9, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Lisa. 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
August 4, 1996 to August 9, 1996
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
996 mb (29.41 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.7
Identifier
WP141996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 4, 00:0015.5N 111.0E25 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 06:0015.9N 111.7E25 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 12:0016.4N 112.4E25 ktNot reported
Aug 4, 18:0016.9N 113.0E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0017.3N 113.4E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0017.7N 113.8E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0018.3N 114.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0019.0N 114.8E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0020.1N 115.4E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0021.4N 116.5E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0022.8N 117.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0024.1N 118.0E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0025.0N 117.6E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0025.5N 117.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0025.8N 117.0E20 kt1000 mbMixed
Aug 7, 18:0026.1N 116.9E20 kt1002 mbMixed
Aug 8, 00:0026.3N 116.6E15 kt1002 mbMixed
Aug 8, 06:0027.5N 118.3E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0028.5N 117.3E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0028.3N 116.6E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0028.2N 116.3E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0028.2N 116.1E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0028.3N 116.0E1002 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific storms of 1996

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.