The 2000 season

Cyclone Norman (2000)

Cyclone Norman reached Category 4 in the South Indian between February 29, 2000 and March 10, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Cyclone Norman. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
February 29, 2000 to March 10, 2000
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.9
Identifier
SH162000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 29, 00:0017.4S 122.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 29, 06:0017.6S 121.7E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 29, 12:0018.6S 119.6E25 kt993 mbTropical depression
Feb 29, 18:0018.8S 118.6E25 kt988 mbTropical depression
Mar 1, 00:0018.5S 117.2E25 kt983 mbTropical depression
Mar 1, 06:0018.4S 116.3E35 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 12:0018.3S 115.5E45 kt971 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 18:0018.4S 114.7E55 kt963 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 00:0018.7S 113.6E65 kt958 mbTyphoon
Mar 2, 06:0019.0S 112.3E65 kt953 mbTyphoon
Mar 2, 12:0019.3S 110.8E70 kt946 mbTyphoon
Mar 2, 18:0019.5S 109.4E95 kt936 mbTyphoon
Mar 3, 00:0019.6S 107.8E110 kt936 mbTyphoon
Mar 3, 06:0019.7S 106.2E120 kt955 mbTyphoon
Mar 3, 12:0020.0S 104.3E115 kt965 mbTyphoon
Mar 3, 18:0020.2S 102.4E115 kt965 mbTyphoon
Mar 4, 00:0020.3S 100.8E105 kt968 mbTyphoon
Mar 4, 06:0020.3S 99.3E105 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 4, 12:0020.5S 97.9E105 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 4, 18:0020.5S 96.7E90 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 5, 00:0020.5S 95.6E75 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 5, 06:0020.4S 94.8E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 5, 12:0020.4S 94.0E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 5, 18:0020.4S 93.2E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 6, 00:0020.5S 92.8E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 6, 06:0020.7S 92.4E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 6, 12:0021.0S 92.0E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 6, 18:0022.0S 91.8E65 kt981 mbTyphoon
Mar 7, 00:0022.5S 91.7E65 kt985 mbTyphoon
Mar 7, 06:0023.1S 91.6E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Mar 7, 12:0023.7S 92.1E65 kt986 mbTyphoon
Mar 7, 18:0023.9S 92.7E60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 8, 00:0024.1S 92.7E55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 8, 06:0023.9S 92.5E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 8, 12:0023.8S 93.0E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Mar 8, 18:0023.9S 93.9E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 9, 00:0023.7S 92.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 06:0023.6S 91.4E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 12:0023.4S 90.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 9, 18:0023.1S 89.3ETropical storm
Mar 10, 00:0022.9S 88.1ETropical 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.