Hurricane Elida (2002): Track, Deaths, Damage and Rainfall

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The storm

Basin: Eastern Pacific
Dates: July 23, 2002 to July 31, 2002
Peak strength: Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure: 921 mb (27.20 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 447 km (278 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 18.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
Overall size: 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved: 20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier: EP062002

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jul 23, 06:00	11.6N 96.7W	30 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 23, 12:00	11.9N 98.5W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 23, 18:00	12.2N 100.5W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 24, 00:00	12.1N 102.3W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 24, 06:00	12.3N 103.7W	70 kt	984 mb	Hurricane
Jul 24, 12:00	12.7N 105.1W	110 kt	952 mb	Hurricane
Jul 24, 18:00	13.2N 106.6W	120 kt	942 mb	Hurricane
Jul 25, 00:00	13.8N 108.0W	130 kt	931 mb	Hurricane
Jul 25, 06:00	14.3N 109.5W	140 kt	921 mb	Hurricane
Jul 25, 12:00	14.7N 111.0W	130 kt	931 mb	Hurricane
Jul 25, 18:00	15.0N 112.5W	115 kt	948 mb	Hurricane
Jul 26, 00:00	15.1N 113.8W	105 kt	956 mb	Hurricane
Jul 26, 06:00	15.2N 114.9W	100 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Jul 26, 12:00	15.5N 116.0W	100 kt	962 mb	Hurricane
Jul 26, 18:00	16.0N 117.1W	95 kt	966 mb	Hurricane
Jul 27, 00:00	16.4N 118.2W	85 kt	973 mb	Hurricane
Jul 27, 06:00	16.8N 119.2W	75 kt	981 mb	Hurricane
Jul 27, 12:00	17.3N 120.3W	65 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Jul 27, 18:00	17.8N 121.4W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 28, 00:00	18.4N 122.5W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 28, 06:00	19.0N 123.3W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 28, 12:00	19.8N 124.1W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 28, 18:00	20.6N 124.9W	50 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 29, 00:00	21.5N 125.8W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 29, 06:00	22.6N 126.5W	40 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 29, 12:00	23.7N 127.1W	35 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 29, 18:00	24.8N 127.6W	30 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 30, 00:00	26.2N 128.0W	30 kt	1008 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 30, 06:00	27.5N 128.3W	30 kt	1009 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 30, 12:00	28.6N 128.5W	25 kt	1011 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 30, 18:00	29.6N 128.6W	20 kt	1013 mb	Low
Jul 31, 00:00	30.6N 128.5W	20 kt	1014 mb	Low
Jul 31, 06:00	31.5N 128.3W	20 kt	1014 mb	Low
Jul 31, 12:00	32.4N 128.0W	15 kt	1015 mb	Low
Jul 31, 18:00	33.0N 127.6W	15 kt	1016 mb	Low

Other Eastern Pacific 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.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.