Unnamed tropical storm (2001)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 40 kt in the South Pacific between January 5, 2001 and January 10, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- January 5, 2001 to January 10, 2001
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.3
- Identifier
- 2001005S12136
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 5, 00:00 | 11.5S 135.5E | 10 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 11.3S 135.4E | 10 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 11.0S 135.2E | 10 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 10.8S 135.1E | 10 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 10.5S 135.0E | 10 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 10.5S 134.0E | 10 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 10.4S 133.5E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 10.6S 131.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 10.4S 131.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 10.2S 131.3E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 10.0S 131.6E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 10.0S 132.2E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 10.4S 132.2E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 10.7S 132.2E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 10.8S 132.2E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 11.2S 132.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 11.6S 132.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 12.3S 132.1E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 13.0S 131.8E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 13.6S 131.4E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 14.0S 131.0E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 2001
- Cyclone SamSouth Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm WinsomeSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm WylvaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm OmaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm AbigailSouth Pacific · 2001
- Cyclone PaulaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm RitaSouth Pacific · 2001
- Cyclone SoseSouth Pacific · 2001
- Cyclone AlistairSouth Pacific · 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.