Typhoon Vamei (2001)
Typhoon Vamei reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between December 26, 2001 and January 1, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 976 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- December 26, 2001 to January 1, 2002
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 976 mb (28.82 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- WP322001
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 1.4N 106.5E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 1.5N 105.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 1.5N 105.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 1.5N 104.4E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 1.6N 103.7E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 1.6N 102.9E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 1.7N 102.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 1.8N 101.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 1.9N 100.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 2.0N 99.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 2.3N 98.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 2.6N 97.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 2.8N 97.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 3.3N 95.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 3.8N 94.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 4.1N 93.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 4.4N 92.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 4.6N 91.8E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 4.6N 91.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 4.5N 90.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 4.2N 90.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 3.8N 90.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 3.4N 90.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 3.0N 89.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm CimaronWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon ChebiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon DurianWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon UtorWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm TramiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon YutuWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon TorajiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm UsagiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon PabukWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2001
- Super Typhoon WutipWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm SepatWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm FitowWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon DanasWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon NariWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon VipaWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon LekimaWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon HaiyanWestern Pacific · 2001
- Super Typhoon PodulWestern Pacific · 2001
- Typhoon LinglingWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm KajikiWestern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2001
- Super Typhoon FaxaiWestern Pacific · 2001 · 2 deaths
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.