The 1997 season

Tropical Storm Levi (1997)

Tropical Storm Levi peaked at 45 kt in the Western Pacific between May 23, 1997 and June 4, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Levi, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1997 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
Western Pacific
Dates
May 23, 1997 to June 4, 1997
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
992 mb (29.29 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.6
Identifier
WP051997

Radar at RODN as it neared land, May 29, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 23, 00:0016.8N 111.0E15 ktNot reported
May 23, 06:0016.8N 111.7E15 ktNot reported
May 23, 12:0016.8N 112.5E15 ktNot reported
May 23, 18:0016.8N 113.3E15 ktNot reported
May 24, 00:0016.8N 114.1E15 ktNot reported
May 24, 06:0016.8N 114.9E15 ktNot reported
May 24, 12:0016.8N 115.7E15 ktNot reported
May 24, 18:0016.8N 116.5E15 ktNot reported
May 25, 00:0016.8N 117.2E20 ktNot reported
May 25, 06:0016.8N 117.9E20 ktNot reported
May 25, 12:0016.8N 118.6E20 ktNot reported
May 25, 18:0016.6N 119.3E25 ktTropical storm
May 26, 00:0016.5N 120.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 26, 06:0016.4N 120.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 26, 12:0016.5N 122.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 26, 18:0017.0N 123.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 27, 00:0017.6N 124.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 27, 06:0018.2N 125.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 27, 12:0018.7N 125.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 27, 18:0019.4N 126.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 28, 00:0020.2N 126.1E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 28, 06:0021.1N 126.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 28, 12:0022.0N 126.3E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
May 28, 18:0023.1N 126.6E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
May 29, 00:0024.1N 127.3E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 29, 06:0025.2N 128.6E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 29, 12:0026.2N 130.4E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 29, 18:0027.3N 132.6E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 30, 00:0028.4N 135.2E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
May 30, 06:0029.4N 137.6E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
May 30, 12:0030.1N 139.6E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 30, 18:0030.6N 141.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 31, 00:0030.9N 142.2E25 kt1000 mbMixed
May 31, 06:0031.3N 143.8E25 kt998 mbMixed
May 31, 12:0031.6N 145.4E25 kt996 mbMixed
May 31, 18:0032.0N 147.3E25 kt996 mbMixed
Jun 1, 00:0032.5N 149.5E25 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jun 1, 06:0032.9N 151.8E25 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jun 1, 12:0033.1N 154.5E30 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jun 1, 18:0033.2N 157.6E30 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 00:0033.3N 161.1E30 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 06:0033.5N 164.8E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 12:0034.1N 168.8E35 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Jun 2, 18:0034.8N 173.1E45 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 00:0035.7N 177.7E40 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Jun 3, 06:0036.7N 177.2W40 ktExtratropical
Jun 3, 12:0037.8N 171.8W40 ktNot reported
Jun 3, 18:0038.9N 166.1W35 ktNot reported
Jun 4, 00:0040.0N 160.2W35 ktNot reported

Other Western Pacific storms of 1997

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.