The 2000 season

Cyclone Kirrily (2000)

Cyclone Kirrily reached Category 2 in the South Indian between January 24, 2000 and February 1, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Kirrily, 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
South Indian
Dates
January 24, 2000 to February 1, 2000
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 503 km (313 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.7
Identifier
SH092000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 24, 06:0011.5S 100.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 12:0011.8S 102.6E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0012.0S 103.2E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 00:0012.3S 104.0E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0012.6S 105.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0012.8S 106.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 18:0013.0S 106.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 00:0013.5S 108.4E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 06:0014.1S 109.8E25 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 12:0014.9S 110.7E25 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 18:0015.7S 111.6E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0016.4S 112.3E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0017.1S 112.4E30 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0017.8S 112.2E30 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0018.2S 111.8E30 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0018.4S 111.0E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0018.5S 110.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0018.8S 109.4E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0019.2S 108.8E65 kt983 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 00:0019.7S 108.2E70 kt978 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 06:0020.3S 107.5E80 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 12:0020.9S 107.0E85 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 18:0021.4S 106.5E75 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 00:0021.9S 106.1E70 kt976 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 06:0022.6S 105.8E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 12:0023.1S 105.7E65 kt981 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 18:0023.3S 105.6E55 kt986 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 00:0023.4S 105.5E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 06:0023.4S 105.3E35 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 12:0023.1S 105.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 18:0022.9S 105.0E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 1, 00:0022.6S 104.7E30 ktTropical storm
Feb 1, 06:0022.4S 104.1E30 ktTropical storm
Feb 1, 12:0022.1S 103.5E30 ktTropical storm
Feb 1, 18:0021.9S 102.9E25 ktTropical storm

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.