Cyclone Paul (2000)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

April 11, 2000 to April 21, 2000

Peak strength

Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)

Lowest pressure

915 mb (27.02 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 92 km (57 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

28.2

Fastest the center moved

20 kt (23 mph)

Identifier

SH242000

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

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 7.09 inches (180 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• Tropical Storm IlsaSouth Indian · 2000Tropical Storm60 kt · 980 mb
• Cyclone JohnSouth Indian · 2000Cat 4130 kt · 915 mb
• Cyclone AstrideSouth Indian · 2000Cat 165 kt · 985 mb
• Cyclone BabiolaSouth Indian · 2000Cat 290 kt · 950 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2000Tropical Depression30 kt
• Cyclone KirrilySouth Indian · 2000Cat 285 kt · 975 mb
• Cyclone ConnieSouth Indian · 2000Cat 4120 kt · 930 mb
• Tropical Storm DamienneSouth Indian · 2000Tropical Storm50 kt · 994 mb
• Cyclone Eline:LeoneSouth Indian · 2000Cat 4115 kt · 930 mb
• Tropical Storm MarciaSouth Indian · 2000Tropical Storm35 kt · 995 mb
• Cyclone FeliciaSouth Indian · 2000Cat 165 kt · 975 mb
• Tropical Storm GloriaSouth Indian · 2000Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Cyclone NormanSouth Indian · 2000Cat 4120 kt · 930 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2000Tropical Storm35 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm OlgaSouth Indian · 2000Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Cyclone HudahSouth Indian · 2000Cat 4125 kt · 905 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2000Tropical Storm50 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm InnocenteSouth Indian · 2000Tropical Storm45 kt · 993 mb
• Cyclone RositaSouth Indian · 2000Cat 4125 kt · 930 mb

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.

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.