Unnamed cyclone (1997)

Unnamed cyclone reached Category 1 in the North Indian between September 19, 1997 and September 27, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed cyclone, 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: September 19, 1997 to September 27, 1997
Peak strength: Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure: 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 3.0
Identifier: IO021997

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Sep 19, 18:00	14.2N 84.0E	15 kt		Not reported
Sep 20, 00:00	13.1N 83.8E	15 kt		XX
Sep 20, 06:00	13.2N 83.7E	15 kt		XX
Sep 20, 12:00	13.3N 83.6E	15 kt		XX
Sep 20, 18:00	13.4N 83.5E	15 kt		XX
Sep 21, 00:00	13.5N 83.5E	20 kt		XX
Sep 21, 06:00	13.7N 83.4E	20 kt		XX
Sep 21, 12:00	13.9N 83.4E	20 kt		XX
Sep 21, 18:00	14.1N 83.3E	25 kt		XX
Sep 22, 00:00	14.3N 83.2E	25 kt		XX
Sep 22, 06:00	14.5N 83.1E	25 kt		XX
Sep 22, 12:00	14.7N 83.1E	25 kt		XX
Sep 22, 18:00	15.0N 83.0E	25 kt		XX
Sep 23, 00:00	15.2N 82.9E	25 kt		XX
Sep 23, 06:00	15.3N 82.7E	25 kt	1000 mb	XX
Sep 23, 12:00	15.4N 82.4E	25 kt	998 mb	XX
Sep 23, 18:00	15.7N 82.3E	25 kt	998 mb	XX
Sep 24, 00:00	16.1N 82.3E	30 kt	998 mb	XX
Sep 24, 06:00	16.5N 82.5E	30 kt	998 mb	XX
Sep 24, 12:00	16.9N 82.7E	30 kt	996 mb	XX
Sep 24, 18:00	17.2N 83.2E	35 kt	996 mb	XX
Sep 25, 00:00	17.3N 83.8E	35 kt	994 mb	XX
Sep 25, 06:00	17.6N 84.4E	35 kt	994 mb	XX
Sep 25, 12:00	18.1N 84.9E	35 kt	994 mb	XX
Sep 25, 18:00	18.8N 85.7E	45 kt	994 mb	XX
Sep 26, 00:00	19.4N 86.7E	55 kt	994 mb	XX
Sep 26, 06:00	20.0N 88.0E	55 kt	992 mb	XX
Sep 26, 12:00	21.0N 89.4E	60 kt	988 mb	XX
Sep 26, 18:00	21.8N 90.4E	65 kt	984 mb	XX
Sep 27, 00:00	22.6N 91.2E	65 kt		XX
Sep 27, 06:00	23.7N 92.3E	65 kt		XX
Sep 27, 12:00	24.8N 93.4E	35 kt		XX
Sep 27, 18:00	26.0N 94.4E	25 kt		XX

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.

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.