The 2001 season

Typhoon Lingling (2001)

Typhoon Lingling reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between November 5, 2001 and November 12, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Lingling, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
November 5, 2001 to November 12, 2001
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
927 mb (27.37 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.8
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
Overall size
360 nmi (667 km, 414 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
12 kt (14 mph)
Identifier
WP272001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 5, 06:009.8N 130.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 12:009.9N 129.7E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 18:009.9N 128.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 00:0010.0N 127.7E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 06:0010.3N 126.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 12:0010.6N 125.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 18:0010.7N 125.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 7, 00:0010.8N 124.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 06:0010.8N 123.6E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 12:0011.0N 123.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 18:0011.2N 122.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 00:0011.4N 122.2E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 06:0011.8N 121.5E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 12:0012.1N 120.8E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 18:0012.4N 119.8E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 00:0012.6N 118.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 9, 06:0012.9N 117.8E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Nov 9, 12:0013.1N 116.9E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 9, 18:0013.4N 116.0E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Nov 10, 00:0013.4N 115.3E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Nov 10, 06:0013.5N 114.8E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Nov 10, 12:0013.5N 114.0E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Nov 10, 18:0013.6N 113.3E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Nov 11, 00:0013.6N 112.4E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Nov 11, 06:0013.5N 111.6E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Nov 11, 12:0013.5N 110.5E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Nov 11, 18:0013.6N 109.4E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Nov 12, 00:0013.6N 108.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 06:0013.5N 107.3E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 12:0013.3N 106.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

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.