Tropical Storm Ella (1997)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 18, 1997 to September 25, 1997

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)

Landfall

No; closest approach 1383 km (859 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.3

Identifier

WP231997

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

• Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt · 996 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 180 kt · 975 mb
• Hurricane EnriqueEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 3100 kt · 960 mb
• Hurricane FeliciaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression25 kt
• Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 5140 kt · 919 mb
• Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm IgnacioEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm35 kt · 1005 mb
• Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 4120 kt · 942 mb
• Hurricane OliwaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 5140 kt · 915 mb
• Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm50 kt · 994 mb
• Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 5160 kt · 902 mb
• Tropical Storm MartyEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 4115 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm OlafEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm60 kt · 989 mb
• Hurricane PaulineEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression25 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane RickEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 285 kt · 973 mb
• Hurricane PakaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 5160 kt · 920 mb

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.

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.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.