The 1996 season

Unnamed tropical storm (1996)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the North Indian between June 11, 1996 and June 18, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1996 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
North Indian
Dates
June 11, 1996 to June 18, 1996
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
992 mb (29.29 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.6
Identifier
IO031996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 11, 00:008.2N 87.8E15 ktNot reported
Jun 11, 06:008.5N 87.7E20 ktNot reported
Jun 11, 12:008.8N 87.6E20 ktNot reported
Jun 11, 18:009.3N 87.4E20 ktNot reported
Jun 12, 00:009.9N 86.9E25 ktNot reported
Jun 12, 06:0010.4N 86.2E30 ktNot reported
Jun 12, 12:0010.9N 85.5E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 12, 18:0011.5N 84.6E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 13, 00:0012.2N 83.7E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 13, 06:0012.8N 82.9E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 13, 12:0013.4N 82.3E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 13, 18:0013.9N 81.9E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 14, 00:0014.1N 81.8E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 14, 06:0014.5N 81.8E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 14, 12:0015.1N 82.1E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 14, 18:0015.8N 82.6E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 15, 00:0016.4N 83.0E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 15, 06:0016.8N 83.3E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 15, 12:0017.2N 83.6E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 15, 18:0017.5N 83.7E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 16, 00:0017.8N 83.7E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 16, 06:0018.0N 83.5E45 ktTropical storm
Jun 16, 12:0018.2N 83.1E45 ktNot reported
Jun 16, 18:0018.3N 82.7E40 ktNot reported
Jun 17, 00:0018.4N 82.2E35 ktNot reported
Jun 17, 06:0018.5N 81.6E30 ktNot reported
Jun 17, 12:0018.8N 81.2E30 ktNot reported
Jun 17, 18:0019.3N 81.0E25 ktNot reported
Jun 18, 00:0019.8N 80.9E25 ktNot reported
Jun 18, 06:0020.4N 80.8E25 ktNot reported
Jun 18, 12:0021.3N 80.7E25 ktNot reported
Jun 18, 18:0022.1N 80.7E25 ktNot reported

Other North Indian 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.