Super Typhoon Chataan (2002)
Super Typhoon Chataan reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between June 27, 2002 and July 13, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 910 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Super Typhoon Chataan. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- June 27, 2002 to July 13, 2002
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 910 mb (26.87 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 34.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 31 kt (36 mph)
- Identifier
- WP082002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 3.9N 155.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 12:00 | 4.2N 154.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 18:00 | 4.7N 154.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 00:00 | 5.0N 153.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 5.2N 153.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 5.2N 154.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 5.3N 154.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 5.3N 155.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 5.4N 155.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 5.5N 155.8E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 5.5N 155.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 5.5N 156.1E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 5.6N 156.3E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 5.8N 156.2E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 6.0N 155.8E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 6.3N 155.5E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 06:00 | 6.7N 155.2E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 12:00 | 7.0N 155.0E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 7.2N 154.4E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 7.4N 153.4E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 7.5N 152.4E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 7.5N 151.7E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 7.6N 151.0E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 7.9N 150.4E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 8.4N 149.9E | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 9.1N 149.5E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 9.9N 149.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 10.8N 148.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 12.1N 147.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 12.8N 146.6E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 13.3N 145.7E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 13.8N 144.5E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 14.2N 143.6E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 14.7N 142.7E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 15.3N 141.9E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 15.9N 141.0E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 16.5N 140.2E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 17.2N 139.3E | 100 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 17.9N 138.2E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 18.8N 137.3E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 19.5N 136.1E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 20.2N 134.9E | 120 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 20.8N 134.0E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 21.6N 133.7E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 22.8N 133.2E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 24.0N 132.9E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 25.2N 132.5E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 26.4N 132.5E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 27.6N 132.6E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 28.3N 132.9E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 29.5N 133.6E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 30.7N 134.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 32.2N 136.7E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 34.0N 138.8E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 36.0N 141.0E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 39.0N 142.3E | 55 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 41.4N 143.4E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 43.0N 144.3E | 45 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 44.8N 143.6E | 986 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 45.9N 143.6E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 46.6N 143.6E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 47.5N 143.5E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 47.8N 143.4E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 48.0N 143.3E | 998 mb | Extratropical |
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- Super Typhoon MitagWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon HagibisWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon NoguriWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon RammasunWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm NakriWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm KammuriWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm VongfongWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon RusaWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm HagupitWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm ChangmiWestern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm MekkhalaWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon HigosWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon BaviWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon MaysakWestern Pacific · 2002
- Typhoon HaishenWestern Pacific · 2002
- Super Typhoon PongsonaWestern Pacific · 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.