The 2000 season

Cyclone Eline:Leone (2000)

Cyclone Eline:Leone reached Category 4 in the South Indian between February 1, 2000 and February 29, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
February 1, 2000 to February 29, 2000
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
25.1
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
SH112000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 1, 06:0010.5S 115.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 1, 12:0010.5S 114.4E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 1, 18:0010.5S 113.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 2, 00:0010.5S 113.0E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 2, 06:0010.5S 112.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 2, 12:0010.7S 111.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 2, 18:0010.9S 111.0E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 3, 00:0011.0S 110.4E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 06:0011.2S 109.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 12:0011.5S 108.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 3, 18:0011.8S 107.9E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Feb 4, 00:0012.1S 107.1E30 kt993 mbTropical depression
Feb 4, 06:0012.5S 106.1E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 4, 12:0013.2S 105.4E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 4, 18:0013.8S 105.0E35 kt983 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 00:0014.0S 104.2E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 06:0014.4S 103.5E55 kt973 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 12:0014.8S 102.8E55 kt968 mbTropical storm
Feb 5, 18:0015.4S 102.3E55 kt963 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 00:0015.9S 101.6E60 kt960 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 06:0016.5S 100.7E65 kt960 mbTyphoon
Feb 6, 12:0017.0S 99.8E70 kt960 mbTyphoon
Feb 6, 18:0017.4S 99.0E75 kt961 mbTyphoon
Feb 7, 00:0017.6S 98.1E70 kt966 mbTyphoon
Feb 7, 06:0017.7S 97.1E65 kt973 mbTyphoon
Feb 7, 12:0017.6S 96.0E65 kt981 mbTyphoon
Feb 7, 18:0017.5S 94.6E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0017.9S 93.1E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 06:0017.5S 91.6E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 12:0017.2S 90.3E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 18:0017.0S 89.0E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 00:0017.5S 87.6E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 06:0017.8S 86.0E40 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 12:0018.3S 84.3E40 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 18:0018.3S 82.4E40 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 00:0018.2S 80.7E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 06:0018.1S 79.2E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0017.9S 77.9E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 18:0017.8S 76.6E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0017.6S 75.3E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0017.5S 73.6E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 12:0017.5S 72.0E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 18:0017.4S 70.4E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 00:0016.9S 69.2E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0016.5S 68.3E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:0016.3S 67.2E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:0016.1S 66.0E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0015.8S 64.7E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0015.8S 63.5E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0016.0S 62.6E50 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0016.3S 61.6E60 kt983 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0017.0S 60.9E70 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 14, 06:0017.5S 59.9E70 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 14, 12:0017.9S 58.9E70 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 14, 18:0018.2S 58.0E70 kt978 mbTyphoon
Feb 15, 00:0018.5S 57.2E70 kt978 mbTyphoon
Feb 15, 06:0018.8S 56.4E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Feb 15, 12:0019.1S 55.6E65 kt978 mbTyphoon
Feb 15, 18:0019.5S 54.9E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 16, 00:0020.0S 54.1E65 kt973 mbTyphoon
Feb 16, 06:0020.3S 53.1E65 kt970 mbTyphoon
Feb 16, 12:0020.4S 52.2E65 kt970 mbTyphoon
Feb 16, 18:0020.3S 51.6E65 kt965 mbTyphoon
Feb 17, 00:0020.1S 50.9E65 kt965 mbTyphoon
Feb 17, 06:0020.0S 50.3E80 kt960 mbTyphoon
Feb 17, 12:0019.9S 49.5E80 kt953 mbTyphoon
Feb 17, 18:0019.6S 48.5E75 kt940 mbTyphoon
Feb 18, 00:0019.2S 47.5E65 ktTyphoon
Feb 18, 06:0019.3S 46.4E45 ktTropical storm
Feb 18, 12:0019.4S 45.1E30 ktTropical depression
Feb 18, 18:0019.8S 44.1E30 ktTropical depression
Feb 19, 00:0020.2S 43.2E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 06:0020.5S 42.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 12:0020.9S 41.9E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 18:0021.4S 41.4E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 00:0021.9S 40.5E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 06:0022.1S 39.5E55 kt983 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 12:0022.1S 38.7E55 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 18:0022.0S 37.9E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 21, 00:0021.9S 37.4E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 21, 06:0021.7S 37.0E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 21, 12:0021.4S 36.6E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Feb 21, 18:0021.1S 36.1E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Feb 22, 00:0020.8S 35.7E100 kt935 mbTyphoon
Feb 22, 06:0020.6S 35.1E115 kt930 mbTyphoon
Feb 22, 12:0020.4S 34.1E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Feb 22, 18:0019.8S 32.9E55 ktTropical storm
Feb 23, 00:0019.5S 31.7E45 ktTropical storm
Feb 23, 06:0019.2S 30.7E30 ktTropical depression
Feb 23, 12:0018.8S 29.7E25 ktTropical depression
Feb 23, 18:0019.5S 29.2ENot reported
Feb 24, 00:0019.7S 28.6ENot reported
Feb 24, 06:0019.8S 28.1ENot reported
Feb 24, 12:0020.0S 27.3ENot reported
Feb 24, 18:0020.1S 26.7ENot reported
Feb 25, 00:0020.2S 25.9ENot reported
Feb 25, 06:0020.2S 25.0ENot reported
Feb 25, 12:0020.3S 24.2ENot reported
Feb 25, 18:0020.3S 23.6ENot reported
Feb 26, 00:0020.3S 22.9ENot reported
Feb 26, 06:0020.3S 22.2ENot reported
Feb 26, 12:0020.4S 21.7ENot reported
Feb 26, 18:0020.4S 21.2ENot reported
Feb 27, 00:0020.5S 20.7ENot reported
Feb 27, 06:0020.6S 20.3ENot reported
Feb 27, 12:0020.7S 19.9ENot reported
Feb 27, 18:0020.9S 19.5ENot reported
Feb 28, 00:0021.2S 19.1ENot reported
Feb 28, 06:0021.4S 18.8ENot reported
Feb 28, 12:0021.8S 18.7ENot reported
Feb 28, 18:0022.3S 18.8ENot reported
Feb 29, 00:0022.8S 18.9ENot reported
Feb 29, 06:0023.3S 18.9ENot reported
Feb 29, 12:0023.8S 18.7EDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2000

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.