The 2001 season

Cyclone Charly (2001)

Cyclone Charly reached Category 3 in the South Indian between January 17, 2001 and February 1, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Cyclone Charly. 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
January 17, 2001 to February 1, 2001
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 448 km (278 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.9
Identifier
SH062001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 17, 12:0012.3S 86.4E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Jan 17, 18:0012.4S 86.5E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 00:0012.5S 86.5E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 06:0012.7S 86.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 12:0013.0S 86.0E25 kt999 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 18:0013.3S 85.6E25 kt999 mbTropical depression
Jan 19, 00:0013.6S 85.2E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Jan 19, 06:0014.0S 84.7E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Jan 19, 12:0014.5S 84.2E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 18:0015.0S 83.6E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 00:0015.5S 82.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 06:0016.1S 82.2E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 20, 12:0016.6S 81.5E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Jan 20, 18:0016.9S 80.5E70 kt973 mbTyphoon
Jan 21, 00:0017.1S 79.3E75 kt973 mbTyphoon
Jan 21, 06:0017.3S 78.2E75 kt973 mbTyphoon
Jan 21, 12:0017.6S 77.2E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Jan 21, 18:0017.9S 76.1E85 kt960 mbTyphoon
Jan 22, 00:0018.1S 75.0E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Jan 22, 06:0018.4S 74.0E90 kt948 mbTyphoon
Jan 22, 12:0018.8S 72.9E105 kt930 mbTyphoon
Jan 22, 18:0019.3S 72.1E105 kt930 mbTyphoon
Jan 23, 00:0020.0S 71.2E105 kt930 mbTyphoon
Jan 23, 06:0020.8S 70.2E100 kt940 mbTyphoon
Jan 23, 12:0021.6S 69.1E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Jan 23, 18:0022.1S 67.7E75 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jan 24, 00:0022.3S 66.3E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 06:0022.6S 64.6E55 kt983 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 12:0023.0S 63.0E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0023.4S 61.5E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 00:0023.8S 60.2E35 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0024.5S 59.1E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0024.9S 58.0E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 18:0025.2S 57.5E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 00:0025.3S 56.9E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 06:0025.4S 57.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 12:0025.6S 57.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 18:0026.1S 57.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0026.5S 56.8E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0026.8S 56.3E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0026.8S 55.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0026.6S 55.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0026.5S 54.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0026.6S 54.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0027.1S 54.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0027.5S 54.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 00:0027.4S 53.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 06:0027.1S 53.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 12:0027.3S 54.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 18:0027.9S 56.3E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jan 30, 00:0028.7S 57.4E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jan 30, 06:0029.9S 58.6E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jan 30, 12:0031.8S 59.5E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jan 30, 18:0032.3S 59.7E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jan 31, 00:0032.8S 59.8E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jan 31, 06:0033.3S 60.1E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Jan 31, 12:0034.0S 60.7E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Jan 31, 18:0034.9S 61.0E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 1, 00:0036.0S 61.2E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 1, 06:0036.8S 61.5E35 kt998 mbExtratropical

Other South Indian storms of 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.