The 2002 season

Typhoon Fung-Wong (2002)

Typhoon Fung-Wong reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 18, 2002 and July 27, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Fung-Wong, 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
Western Pacific
Dates
July 18, 2002 to July 27, 2002
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 30 km (19 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.8
Identifier
WP142002

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 18, 18:0021.4N 149.7E1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 00:0021.8N 150.6E1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 06:0023.7N 149.1E1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0024.0N 146.6E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0023.7N 144.8E1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0023.9N 143.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 20, 06:0023.8N 142.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 20, 12:0023.8N 141.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 20, 18:0023.8N 140.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0023.7N 138.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0023.7N 137.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0023.6N 136.6E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0023.5N 135.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0023.4N 134.8E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0023.3N 133.9E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0023.2N 133.2E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0023.1N 132.4E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0023.0N 131.8E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0022.9N 131.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 12:0022.5N 130.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 23, 18:0022.1N 130.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jul 24, 00:0021.6N 130.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0021.1N 130.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0020.6N 131.9E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0020.5N 132.7E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0020.7N 134.0E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0021.9N 135.0E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0023.4N 135.4E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0024.6N 134.9E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 00:0025.8N 134.4E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 06:0027.0N 133.9E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0028.2N 133.3E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0029.4N 132.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0030.4N 131.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 27, 06:0031.0N 130.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 27, 12:0031.7N 129.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jul 27, 18:0032.3N 128.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

Other Western 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.