The 2000 season

Typhoon Prapiroon (2000)

Typhoon Prapiroon reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between August 24, 2000 and September 4, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 965 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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

The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 24, 2000 to September 4, 2000
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
965 mb (28.50 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.6
Fastest the center moved
27 kt (31 mph)
Identifier
WP202000

Radar at RKSG as it neared land, Aug 31, 12:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 24, 00:007.8N 137.9E25 ktTropical depression
Aug 24, 06:008.9N 137.8E20 ktTropical depression
Aug 24, 12:009.6N 136.7E20 ktTropical depression
Aug 24, 18:0010.6N 135.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 00:0011.6N 133.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 06:0012.4N 131.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 12:0013.1N 131.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 18:0014.0N 131.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 00:0014.8N 131.4E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 06:0016.3N 131.7E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 12:0018.1N 131.7E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 18:0019.8N 131.3E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0021.1N 130.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0021.9N 129.9E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0022.3N 129.2E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0022.6N 128.4E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0022.9N 127.6E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0023.2N 126.9E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0023.3N 126.4E35 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0023.6N 125.9E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 00:0024.0N 125.5E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 06:0024.5N 125.1E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 12:0025.2N 124.5E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 29, 18:0026.0N 124.1E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 00:0026.9N 123.7E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 06:0028.6N 123.3E75 kt970 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 12:0029.9N 123.3E75 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 18:0031.7N 123.4E75 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 00:0033.6N 123.8E70 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 06:0035.2N 124.0E70 kt965 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 12:0037.2N 125.1E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 18:0039.6N 127.1E45 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 00:0041.4N 129.0E40 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 06:0042.6N 131.7E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0043.7N 134.9E30 kt990 mbTropical depression
Sep 1, 18:0042.1N 135.0E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 2, 00:0042.1N 137.4E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 2, 06:0042.1N 139.2E990 mbExtratropical
Sep 2, 12:0041.5N 140.2E992 mbExtratropical
Sep 2, 18:0040.3N 141.4E994 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 00:0039.6N 144.5E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 06:0039.7N 146.8E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 12:0041.2N 149.8E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 18:0041.9N 152.6E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 00:0042.7N 153.7E1000 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 06:0042.8N 153.9E1000 mbExtratropical

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.