The 1999 season

Unnamed cyclone (1999)

Unnamed cyclone reached Category 3 in the North Indian between May 15, 1999 and May 22, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 946 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed cyclone, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 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
May 15, 1999 to May 22, 1999
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
946 mb (27.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.1
Fastest the center moved
14 kt (16 mph)
Identifier
IO021999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 15, 00:0012.0N 72.5E25 ktNot reported
May 15, 06:0012.1N 72.5E25 ktNot reported
May 15, 12:0012.2N 72.5E25 ktNot reported
May 15, 18:0012.3N 72.5E25 ktNot reported
May 16, 00:0012.4N 72.4E30 ktNot reported
May 16, 06:0012.6N 72.2E30 ktNot reported
May 16, 12:0013.1N 71.7E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 16, 18:0013.8N 71.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
May 17, 00:0014.5N 70.3E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
May 17, 06:0015.2N 69.7E65 kt996 mbTropical storm
May 17, 12:0015.7N 69.1E70 kt984 mbTropical storm
May 17, 18:0016.3N 68.6E90 kt984 mbTropical storm
May 18, 00:0017.1N 68.1E90 kt976 mbTropical storm
May 18, 06:0018.0N 67.7E95 kt964 mbTropical storm
May 18, 12:0018.9N 67.3E100 kt950 mbTropical storm
May 18, 18:0019.6N 67.2E105 kt948 mbTropical storm
May 19, 00:0020.4N 67.1E110 kt948 mbTropical storm
May 19, 06:0021.1N 67.1E110 kt948 mbTropical storm
May 19, 12:0021.8N 67.3E110 kt946 mbTropical storm
May 19, 18:0022.5N 67.6E110 kt946 mbTropical storm
May 20, 00:0023.1N 67.9E110 kt946 mbTropical storm
May 20, 06:0023.6N 68.2E110 kt946 mbTropical storm
May 20, 12:0024.0N 68.3E100 ktTropical storm
May 20, 18:0024.4N 68.7E100 ktTropical storm
May 21, 00:0024.7N 69.1E90 ktTropical storm
May 21, 06:0025.0N 69.6E65 ktTropical storm
May 21, 12:0025.6N 70.2E55 ktTropical storm
May 21, 18:0026.0N 70.7E55 ktTropical storm
May 22, 00:0026.5N 71.0ETropical storm
May 22, 06:0027.3N 72.0ETropical storm
May 22, 12:0027.5N 72.0ETropical storm

Other North Indian storms of 1999

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.