The 2002 season

Tropical Storm Bonnie (2002)

Tropical Storm Bonnie peaked at 50 kt in the South Indian between April 7, 2002 and April 15, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Bonnie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2002 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 7, 2002 to April 15, 2002
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
987 mb (29.15 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.3
Identifier
SH222002

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 7, 18:007.2S 133.2E10 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 00:007.0S 132.2E15 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 06:006.8S 131.5E20 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 12:006.7S 130.7E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 18:006.7S 130.0E25 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 00:006.8S 129.2E30 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 06:007.8S 129.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Apr 9, 12:008.2S 128.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Apr 9, 18:008.8S 128.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Apr 10, 00:009.2S 126.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 10, 06:009.6S 125.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 10, 12:0010.0S 124.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 10, 18:0010.1S 123.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 00:0010.1S 122.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 06:0010.1S 120.8E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 12:0010.1S 119.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 18:0010.1S 118.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 00:0010.2S 117.0E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 06:0010.4S 115.8E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 12:0010.6S 114.5E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 12, 18:0011.0S 113.1E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 00:0011.3S 111.7E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 06:0011.6S 110.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 12:0011.9S 109.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 13, 18:0012.1S 108.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 00:0012.4S 107.1E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 06:0013.1S 106.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 12:0013.9S 104.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 14, 18:0014.6S 103.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 15, 00:0015.4S 101.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 15, 06:0015.8S 99.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 15, 12:0016.1S 98.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression

Other South Indian storms of 2002

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.