Cyclone Bindu (2001)
Cyclone Bindu reached Category 3 in the South Indian between January 3, 2001 and January 22, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Cyclone Bindu. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 3, 2001 to January 22, 2001
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb (28.20 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 373 km (232 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 19.4
- Identifier
- SH052001
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 8.9S 90.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 9.1S 89.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 9.2S 88.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 9.3S 87.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 9.4S 86.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 9.3S 86.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 9.2S 85.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 9.1S 85.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 9.1S 84.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 9.4S 83.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 9.6S 82.9E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 10.2S 79.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 10.4S 79.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 10.6S 78.6E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 10.8S 78.2E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 11.1S 77.4E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 11.6S 76.3E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 11.7S 75.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 11.9S 74.1E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 12.4S 73.4E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 13.3S 73.5E | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 14.2S 73.4E | 65 kt | 978 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 15.2S 73.1E | 75 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 15.7S 72.6E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 15.9S 72.5E | 85 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 16.0S 72.6E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 16.1S 72.7E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 16.2S 72.8E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 16.4S 72.9E | 85 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 16.5S 72.8E | 75 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 16.6S 72.4E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 16.6S 71.8E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 16.6S 71.3E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 16.7S 70.7E | 65 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 16.9S 70.1E | 70 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 17.1S 69.5E | 75 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 17.3S 69.3E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 17.6S 69.2E | 95 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 18.0S 69.1E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 18.5S 68.9E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 18.9S 68.8E | 95 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 19.2S 68.6E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 19.4S 68.7E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 19.6S 69.0E | 85 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 19.9S 69.0E | 75 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 19.6S 68.5E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 14, 18:00 | 20.2S 68.2E | 65 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 15, 00:00 | 20.4S 67.4E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 06:00 | 20.1S 66.2E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 12:00 | 20.3S 65.1E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 15, 18:00 | 20.7S 64.2E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 00:00 | 21.3S 63.1E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 06:00 | 21.7S 62.1E | 35 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 16, 12:00 | 22.2S 61.2E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 16, 18:00 | 22.7S 60.5E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 17, 00:00 | 23.3S 59.8E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 17, 06:00 | 24.2S 59.2E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 17, 12:00 | 25.1S 59.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 17, 18:00 | 27.1S 59.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 00:00 | 28.8S 60.0E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 18, 06:00 | 30.3S 60.1E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 31.4S 60.1E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 31.5S 60.8E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 31.4S 61.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 31.2S 62.2E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 31.1S 63.0E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 30.9S 63.5E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 31.1S 63.5E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 31.6S 63.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 31.7S 62.6E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 31.6S 62.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 31.5S 61.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 31.6S 60.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 31.7S 60.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 32.5S 60.1E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 33.6S 59.9E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 34.9S 60.3E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2001
- Cyclone AndoSouth Indian · 2001
- Cyclone CharlySouth Indian · 2001
- Tropical Storm TerriSouth Indian · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2001
- Tropical Storm VincentSouth Indian · 2001
- Cyclone DeraSouth Indian · 2001
- Cyclone WalterSouth Indian · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2001
- Cyclone EvaristeSouth Indian · 2001
- Unnamed cycloneSouth Indian · 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.