The 2001 season

Super Typhoon Wutip (2001)

Super Typhoon Wutip reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 26, 2001 and September 4, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 910 mb.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
Western Pacific
Dates
August 26, 2001 to September 4, 2001
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
910 mb (26.87 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 980 km (609 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
20.9
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
50 kt (58 mph)
Identifier
WP162001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 26, 00:0015.6N 139.1E20 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 06:0015.9N 139.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 12:0016.1N 140.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 18:0016.5N 140.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 27, 00:0016.9N 140.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0017.5N 141.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0018.1N 141.5E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0018.8N 142.2E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0019.6N 143.0E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 28, 06:0020.5N 143.7E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 28, 12:0021.3N 144.3E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Aug 28, 18:0022.1N 145.0E110 kt933 mbTyphoon
Aug 29, 00:0022.8N 145.5E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Aug 29, 06:0023.3N 145.9E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Aug 29, 12:0024.0N 146.4E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 29, 18:0024.6N 146.8E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Aug 30, 00:0025.0N 147.1E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 06:0025.5N 147.4E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 12:0026.1N 147.8E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Aug 30, 18:0026.9N 147.7E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 00:0027.7N 147.7E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 06:0028.5N 148.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 12:0029.4N 148.5E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 31, 18:0030.1N 149.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Sep 1, 00:0031.2N 150.1E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Sep 1, 06:0032.0N 151.1E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Sep 1, 12:0032.6N 152.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Sep 1, 18:0033.2N 153.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 00:0033.9N 154.5E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 06:0034.7N 155.8E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 12:0035.2N 156.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0035.9N 158.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 3, 00:0037.4N 160.0E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 06:0038.9N 162.7E996 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 12:0041.0N 166.5E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 3, 18:0042.6N 170.9E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 00:0043.9N 175.0E998 mbExtratropical
Sep 4, 06:0046.5N 180.6EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific 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.