The 1997 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1997)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the North Indian between June 26, 1997 and June 29, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
North Indian
Dates
June 26, 1997 to June 29, 1997
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph), ten-minute wind
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
1997177N21090

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 26, 06:0021.0N 89.0E25 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 12:0021.5N 88.5E30 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 18:0021.5N 88.5E30 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 00:0022.0N 88.0E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 06:0022.5N 87.0ETropical storm
Jun 27, 12:0023.0N 86.5ETropical storm
Jun 27, 18:0023.0N 86.0ETropical storm
Jun 28, 00:0023.0N 86.0ETropical storm
Jun 28, 06:0024.0N 85.5ETropical storm
Jun 28, 12:0024.0N 86.0ETropical storm
Jun 28, 18:0024.0N 86.0ETropical storm
Jun 29, 00:0024.5N 85.5ETropical storm
Jun 29, 06:0025.0N 85.5ETropical storm
Jun 29, 12:0025.5N 85.5ETropical storm
Jun 29, 18:0026.0N 85.0ETropical storm

Other North Indian 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.

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.