Unnamed tropical storm (2001)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the North Indian between October 14, 2001 and October 16, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- October 14, 2001 to October 16, 2001
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Identifier
- 2001288N13084
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 13.5N 84.0E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 13.5N 83.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 13.5N 83.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 13.5N 82.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 13.7N 81.0E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 14.0N 80.0E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 14.0N 79.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 14.0N 79.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 14.5N 79.5E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 15.0N 79.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North 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. 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.