Tropical Storm Scott (1997)
Tropical Storm Scott peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between July 20, 1997 and August 3, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 988 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Scott, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- July 20, 1997 to August 3, 1997
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 988 mb (29.18 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 687 km (427 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Identifier
- WP111997
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 2 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What was recorded
2 high wind.
Wind reports
The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.
| Wind | How | Where | State | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 kt (58 mph) | Estimated | Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula | Alaska | Aug 3, 23:00 |
| 47 kt (54 mph) | Estimated | St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast | Alaska | Aug 3, 21:00 |
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 24.3N 151.8E | 1010 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 24.1N 151.3E | 1010 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 23.5N 149.9E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 23.7N 149.4E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 24.0N 149.1E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 24.2N 148.8E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 24.4N 148.6E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 24.7N 148.3E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 25.2N 148.0E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 25.8N 147.8E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 26.3N 148.1E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 26.8N 148.6E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 27.5N 149.3E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 28.4N 149.9E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 29.3N 150.4E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 30.2N 150.9E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 30.9N 151.3E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 31.5N 151.3E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 31.7N 151.1E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 31.9N 150.8E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 31.7N 151.4E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 31.3N 151.6E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 30.7N 151.6E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 29.9N 152.0E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 28.5N 152.6E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 26.9N 153.3E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 25.3N 153.8E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 23.6N 154.3E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 22.7N 154.9E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 22.0N 155.7E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 23.0N 156.6E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 23.8N 156.1E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 24.0N 155.1E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 24.0N 154.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 23.9N 154.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 24.3N 154.5E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 24.9N 155.5E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 25.4N 155.8E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 25.6N 156.0E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 26.2N 156.2E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 26.7N 156.4E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 27.4N 156.9E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 28.4N 157.7E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 29.4N 159.0E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 30.2N 160.3E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 30.8N 161.7E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 12:00 | 31.1N 163.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 18:00 | 31.2N 164.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 00:00 | 31.3N 166.1E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 06:00 | 31.6N 168.1E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 12:00 | 32.3N 169.9E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 18:00 | 33.4N 170.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 00:00 | 35.1N 172.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 06:00 | 36.7N 172.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 38.1N 174.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 40.4N 177.7E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 3, 00:00 | 47.5N 180.0E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Aug 3, 06:00 | 52.0N 181.0E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1997
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- Super Typhoon IsaWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm JimmyWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm KellyWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm LeviWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon MarieWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon NestorWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon OpalWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon PeterWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon RosieWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon TinaWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon VictorWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon WinnieWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon YuleWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon AmberWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon ZitaWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon BingWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm CassWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon DavidWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon FritzWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon GingerWestern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm HankWestern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon IvanWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon LindaWestern Pacific · 1997
- Super Typhoon KeithWestern Pacific · 1997
- Typhoon MortWestern Pacific · 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.