The 2001 season

Tropical Storm Cimaron (2001)

Tropical Storm Cimaron peaked at 60 kt in the Western Pacific between May 5, 2001 and May 15, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Cimaron. 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
Western Pacific
Dates
May 5, 2001 to May 15, 2001
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.1
Identifier
WP032001

Radar at RODN as it neared land, May 14, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 5, 00:005.3N 129.0E25 ktTropical depression
May 5, 06:005.9N 128.2E20 ktTropical depression
May 5, 12:006.5N 127.7E20 ktTropical depression
May 5, 18:007.0N 127.3E20 ktTropical depression
May 6, 00:007.7N 127.0E20 ktTropical depression
May 6, 06:008.3N 126.8E20 ktTropical depression
May 6, 12:009.0N 126.6E20 ktTropical depression
May 6, 18:009.5N 126.5E20 ktTropical depression
May 7, 00:009.9N 126.5E25 kt1006 mbTropical depression
May 7, 06:0010.3N 126.5E25 ktTropical depression
May 7, 12:0010.7N 126.2E25 ktTropical depression
May 7, 18:0011.0N 125.6E25 ktTropical depression
May 8, 00:0011.3N 124.9E25 ktTropical depression
May 8, 06:0011.6N 124.2E25 ktTropical depression
May 8, 12:0011.7N 123.5E25 ktTropical depression
May 8, 18:0011.8N 122.6E25 ktTropical depression
May 9, 00:0011.9N 121.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 9, 06:0012.0N 120.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 9, 12:0012.5N 119.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 9, 18:0013.1N 119.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 10, 00:0013.8N 119.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 10, 06:0014.5N 119.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 10, 12:0015.3N 119.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 10, 18:0016.1N 119.1E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 11, 00:0017.0N 119.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 11, 06:0017.7N 119.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 11, 12:0018.1N 119.5E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 11, 18:0018.4N 119.8E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
May 12, 00:0018.8N 120.1E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
May 12, 06:0019.4N 120.4E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 12, 12:0020.0N 120.9E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 12, 18:0020.7N 121.4E50 kt991 mbTropical storm
May 13, 00:0021.5N 122.1E50 kt984 mbTropical storm
May 13, 06:0022.1N 122.7E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
May 13, 12:0023.2N 124.0E55 kt987 mbTropical storm
May 13, 18:0024.2N 125.2E60 kt984 mbTropical storm
May 14, 00:0025.3N 126.5E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
May 14, 06:0026.4N 127.9E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
May 14, 12:0027.4N 129.3E50 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 14, 18:0027.4N 130.7E1000 mbMixed
May 15, 00:0027.5N 132.0E1002 mbMixed
May 15, 06:0027.7N 133.5E1002 mbMixed
May 15, 12:0027.7N 134.6E1004 mbMixed

Other Western Pacific 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.