The 2001 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2001)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between April 1, 2001 and April 7, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb.

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.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
April 1, 2001 to April 7, 2001
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
998 mb (29.47 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1375 km (854 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.7
Identifier
SH162001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 1, 06:0013.1S 93.9ETropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0013.2S 92.8ETropical storm
Apr 1, 18:0013.1S 91.8ETropical storm
Apr 2, 00:0012.9S 90.7ETropical storm
Apr 2, 06:0013.0S 89.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 12:0013.0S 87.5E20 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Apr 2, 18:0013.3S 86.5E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 3, 00:0013.6S 85.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 3, 06:0014.1S 84.0E30 kt998 mbTropical depression
Apr 3, 12:0014.9S 82.9E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 18:0015.2S 82.0E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 00:0015.5S 80.9E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 06:0015.5S 79.5E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 12:0015.1S 78.3E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 18:0014.7S 77.4E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 00:0013.8S 76.9E30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Apr 5, 06:0012.8S 76.9E30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Apr 5, 12:0012.0S 77.1E30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Apr 5, 18:0011.4S 77.7E25 ktTropical depression
Apr 6, 00:0010.9S 78.2E25 ktTropical depression
Apr 6, 06:0010.7S 78.6E25 ktTropical depression
Apr 6, 12:0010.6S 79.1E25 ktTropical depression
Apr 6, 18:0010.6S 79.6E25 ktTropical depression
Apr 7, 00:0010.7S 80.0E25 ktTropical depression
Apr 7, 06:0011.3S 81.4E25 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.