Tropical Storm Abigail (2001)
Tropical Storm Abigail peaked at 60 kt in the South Pacific between February 23, 2001 and March 8, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 970 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
- South Pacific
- Dates
- February 23, 2001 to March 8, 2001
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- SH122001
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 00:00 | 15.5S 155.2E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 16.2S 153.1E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 16.6S 151.0E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 16.6S 149.1E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 16.6S 147.4E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 16.5S 145.8E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 16.3S 144.4E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 16.0S 143.2E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 16.2S 142.3E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 16.9S 141.2E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 16.3S 140.4E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 16.2S 140.0E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 16.2S 139.6E | 50 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 16.5S 139.2E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 16.7S 138.5E | 60 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 16.9S 137.8E | 60 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 17.0S 136.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 17.1S 136.1E | 45 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 17.4S 135.3E | 40 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 17.4S 134.5E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 17.4S 133.6E | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 17.4S 132.8E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 17.4S 132.1E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 17.4S 131.2E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 17.5S 130.3E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 17.6S 129.3E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 17.8S 128.5E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 18.0S 127.8E | 25 kt | 988 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 2, 00:00 | 18.4S 127.3E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 2, 06:00 | 18.9S 126.8E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 2, 12:00 | 19.5S 126.1E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 2, 18:00 | 19.7S 125.5E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 3, 00:00 | 19.8S 124.9E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 3, 06:00 | 19.8S 124.5E | 25 kt | 990 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 3, 12:00 | 19.9S 124.3E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 3, 18:00 | 20.0S 124.2E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 4, 00:00 | 20.1S 124.2E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 4, 06:00 | 21.0S 124.4E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 12:00 | 21.5S 124.3E | 20 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 4, 18:00 | 22.0S 124.2E | 20 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 00:00 | 22.4S 124.2E | 20 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 22.6S 124.3E | 20 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 23.0S 125.0E | 20 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 23.7S 125.9E | 20 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 24.3S 126.5E | 20 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 24.7S 126.7E | 20 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 25.0S 126.5E | 20 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 25.2S 126.2E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 25.5S 126.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 25.6S 125.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 25.7S 125.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 26.0S 125.0E | 15 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 26.5S 124.5E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Pacific storms of 2001
- Cyclone SamSouth Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm WinsomeSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm WylvaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm OmaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Cyclone PaulaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm RitaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Cyclone SoseSouth Pacific · 2001
- Cyclone AlistairSouth Pacific · 2001
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.