The 2000 season

Tropical Storm Longwang (2000)

Tropical Storm Longwang peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between May 17, 2000 and May 24, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Longwang, 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
May 17, 2000 to May 24, 2000
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
990 mb (29.23 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.5
Identifier
WP022000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 17, 06:0016.1N 118.8E1002 mbTropical storm
May 17, 12:0016.0N 119.5E1002 mbMixed
May 17, 18:0017.8N 121.6E15 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 18, 00:0018.2N 122.2E20 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 18, 06:0018.7N 122.6E20 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 18, 12:0019.4N 123.2E20 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 18, 18:0020.1N 124.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 19, 00:0020.9N 125.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
May 19, 06:0022.1N 126.4E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 19, 12:0023.3N 128.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 19, 18:0024.2N 129.8E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
May 20, 00:0025.7N 132.4E30 kt994 mbTropical depression
May 20, 06:0027.2N 135.6E25 kt996 mbTropical depression
May 20, 12:0030.3N 142.0E1000 mbExtratropical
May 20, 18:0031.3N 144.8E1000 mbExtratropical
May 21, 00:0033.5N 146.8E1000 mbExtratropical
May 21, 06:0034.7N 149.8E1000 mbExtratropical
May 21, 12:0035.8N 153.6E1000 mbExtratropical
May 21, 18:0037.1N 156.2E1000 mbExtratropical
May 22, 00:0038.8N 160.3E1000 mbExtratropical
May 22, 06:0039.8N 163.4E996 mbExtratropical
May 22, 12:0040.6N 167.0E994 mbExtratropical
May 22, 18:0041.0N 170.6E992 mbExtratropical
May 23, 00:0041.9N 172.1E992 mbExtratropical
May 23, 06:0042.1N 174.1E992 mbExtratropical
May 23, 12:0042.2N 176.7E992 mbExtratropical
May 23, 18:0042.3N 178.4E990 mbExtratropical
May 24, 00:0042.3N 179.9E992 mbExtratropical
May 24, 06:0043.0N 182.5EExtratropical

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.