The 2000 season

Typhoon Jelawat (2000)

Typhoon Jelawat reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between July 31, 2000 and August 12, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Jelawat, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 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
Western Pacific
Dates
July 31, 2000 to August 12, 2000
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
33.0
Fastest the center moved
14 kt (16 mph)
Identifier
WP132000

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Aug 7, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 31, 12:0021.7N 155.2E15 ktTropical depression
Jul 31, 18:0022.0N 154.3E20 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 00:0021.9N 153.2E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 1, 06:0022.0N 152.1E45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0022.0N 151.2E55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:0022.0N 150.2E70 kt985 mbTyphoon
Aug 2, 00:0022.1N 149.4E100 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 2, 06:0022.3N 148.5E115 kt960 mbTyphoon
Aug 2, 12:0022.6N 147.6E115 kt955 mbTyphoon
Aug 2, 18:0023.1N 146.6E115 kt945 mbTyphoon
Aug 3, 00:0023.7N 145.6E120 kt940 mbTyphoon
Aug 3, 06:0024.4N 144.4E125 kt940 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 3, 12:0024.9N 143.0E115 kt940 mbTyphoon
Aug 3, 18:0025.2N 141.7E105 kt945 mbTyphoon
Aug 4, 00:0025.7N 140.2E100 kt950 mbTyphoon
Aug 4, 06:0026.0N 139.0E95 kt950 mbTyphoon
Aug 4, 12:0026.0N 137.7E95 kt950 mbTyphoon
Aug 4, 18:0026.1N 136.4E95 kt950 mbTyphoon
Aug 5, 00:0026.1N 135.4E95 kt950 mbTyphoon
Aug 5, 06:0026.1N 134.4E90 kt950 mbTyphoon
Aug 5, 12:0026.1N 133.5E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Aug 5, 18:0026.0N 132.7E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 00:0026.0N 131.9E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 06:0026.0N 131.2E95 kt960 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 12:0025.9N 130.5E100 kt960 mbTyphoon
Aug 6, 18:0025.9N 130.0E100 kt960 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 00:0026.0N 129.6E100 kt960 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 06:0026.2N 129.2E100 kt960 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 12:0026.5N 128.7E90 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 7, 18:0026.9N 128.3E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 00:0027.4N 128.1E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 06:0027.8N 127.8E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 12:0028.0N 127.4E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 8, 18:0028.2N 127.0E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 00:0028.5N 126.5E85 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 06:0028.8N 125.8E90 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 12:0028.9N 125.0E90 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 9, 18:0029.0N 124.2E80 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 10, 00:0029.1N 123.4E80 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 10, 06:0029.2N 122.7E70 kt980 mbTyphoon
Aug 10, 12:0029.2N 121.9E65 kt985 mbTyphoon
Aug 10, 18:0029.9N 120.7E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0030.6N 120.1E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0031.3N 119.6E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Aug 11, 12:0031.8N 118.9E20 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 11, 18:0030.2N 117.3E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0030.7N 116.6E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0030.8N 115.9E1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0030.6N 115.3E1002 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific 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.