The 1999 season

Unnamed cyclone (1999)

Unnamed cyclone reached Category 4 in the North Indian between October 15, 1999 and October 19, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 968 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
October 15, 1999 to October 19, 1999
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
968 mb (28.59 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
8.3
Identifier
IO041999

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 15, 00:0014.5N 92.7E20 ktNot reported
Oct 15, 06:0015.2N 91.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0015.4N 90.2E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0015.8N 89.3E45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0016.2N 88.3E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0016.6N 87.4E55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0017.1N 86.5E65 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0017.5N 85.8E80 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0017.7N 85.3E120 kt988 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0018.0N 84.9E120 kt978 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0018.5N 84.7E120 kt978 mbTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0019.2N 84.7E90 kt968 mbTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0020.1N 84.6E90 ktTropical storm
Oct 18, 06:0021.1N 84.5E65 ktTropical storm
Oct 18, 12:0022.4N 84.7E40 ktTropical storm
Oct 18, 18:0022.5N 86.5ETropical storm
Oct 19, 00:0023.0N 86.5ETropical 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.