The 2001 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2001)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between November 10, 2000 and November 20, 2000.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
November 10, 2000 to November 20, 2000
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1538 km (956 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.2
Identifier
SH022001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 10, 06:007.6S 83.1E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 10, 12:008.6S 82.7E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 10, 18:009.3S 82.2E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 11, 00:009.7S 81.8E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 11, 06:0010.2S 81.4E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 11, 12:0010.7S 80.7E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 11, 18:0011.0S 80.0E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 12, 00:0011.0S 79.6E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 12, 06:0010.8S 79.4E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 12, 12:0010.5S 79.4E35 ktTropical storm
Nov 12, 18:0010.2S 79.6E35 ktTropical storm
Nov 13, 00:009.9S 79.9E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 13, 06:009.7S 80.2E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 13, 12:009.6S 80.5E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 13, 18:009.6S 80.9E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 14, 00:009.7S 81.3E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 14, 06:009.7S 81.6E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 14, 12:009.7S 81.9E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 14, 18:009.7S 82.2E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 15, 00:009.6S 82.8E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 15, 06:009.4S 83.3E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 15, 12:009.4S 83.7E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 15, 18:009.8S 83.9E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 16, 00:0010.2S 84.3E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 16, 06:0010.5S 84.9E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 16, 12:0010.9S 85.5E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 16, 18:0011.1S 85.9E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 17, 00:0011.1S 86.3E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 17, 06:0010.9S 86.7E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 17, 12:0010.7S 87.2E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 17, 18:0010.8S 87.6E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 18, 00:0011.3S 87.5E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 18, 06:0011.7S 87.0E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 18, 12:0012.0S 86.4E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 18, 18:0012.6S 85.5E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 19, 00:0013.3S 84.3E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 19, 06:0014.0S 83.1E30 ktTropical depression
Nov 19, 12:0014.4S 81.9E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 19, 18:0014.8S 80.5E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 20, 00:0015.4S 79.3E25 ktTropical depression
Nov 20, 06:0016.5S 78.2E25 ktTropical depression

Other South 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.

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.