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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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 15.6N 139.1E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 15.9N 139.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 16.1N 140.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 16.5N 140.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 16.9N 140.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 17.5N 141.0E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 18.1N 141.5E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 18.8N 142.2E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 19.6N 143.0E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 20.5N 143.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 21.3N 144.3E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 22.1N 145.0E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 22.8N 145.5E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 23.3N 145.9E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 24.0N 146.4E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 24.6N 146.8E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 25.0N 147.1E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 25.5N 147.4E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 26.1N 147.8E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 26.9N 147.7E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 27.7N 147.7E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 28.5N 148.0E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 29.4N 148.5E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 30.1N 149.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 31.2N 150.1E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 32.0N 151.1E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 32.6N 152.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 33.2N 153.2E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 33.9N 154.5E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 34.7N 155.8E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 35.2N 156.7E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 35.9N 158.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 37.4N 160.0E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 38.9N 162.7E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 41.0N 166.5E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 42.6N 170.9E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 43.9N 175.0E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 46.5N 180.6E | Extratropical |
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
- 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
- Typhoon VameiWestern Pacific · 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.