The 2001 season

Typhoon Toraji (2001)

Typhoon Toraji reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between July 25, 2001 and August 2, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Toraji, 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
July 25, 2001 to August 2, 2001
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
944 mb (27.88 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.5
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
185 nmi (343 km, 213 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
Overall size
240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
22 kt (25 mph)
Identifier
WP112001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 25, 06:0014.3N 134.7E20 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Jul 25, 12:0014.5N 133.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 25, 18:0015.0N 132.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 00:0015.7N 131.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 06:0016.2N 130.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 12:0016.6N 129.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 18:0016.8N 128.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0017.0N 127.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0017.2N 126.8E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0017.6N 126.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0017.8N 125.6E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 00:0018.3N 124.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 06:0019.1N 124.2E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 12:0019.7N 123.7E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jul 28, 18:0020.5N 123.1E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jul 29, 00:0021.3N 122.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jul 29, 06:0022.2N 122.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jul 29, 12:0023.2N 122.0E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Jul 29, 18:0023.8N 121.3E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Jul 30, 00:0024.3N 121.0E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Jul 30, 06:0025.1N 120.6E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 30, 12:0025.6N 120.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Jul 30, 18:0026.2N 119.8E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0026.8N 119.5E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0027.4N 119.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0028.6N 119.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 31, 18:0030.6N 120.0E998 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0032.8N 120.2E998 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0034.8N 120.3E996 mbMixed
Aug 1, 12:0036.7N 120.5E994 mbExtratropical
Aug 1, 18:0038.3N 120.4E996 mbExtratropical
Aug 2, 00:0039.1N 120.3E1000 mbExtratropical
Aug 2, 06:0039.9N 120.4E1006 mbExtratropical
Aug 2, 12:0040.3N 120.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Aug 2, 18:0040.9N 119.8E1012 mbExtratropical

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.