Super Typhoon Halong (2002)
Super Typhoon Halong reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between July 5, 2002 and July 19, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 904 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Halong, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- July 5, 2002 to July 19, 2002
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 904 mb (26.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 26.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Identifier
- WP102002
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 5, 12:00 | 11.3N 160.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 10.8N 160.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 10.3N 160.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 9.8N 159.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 9.4N 159.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 8.9N 159.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 8.7N 158.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 8.8N 157.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 9.0N 156.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 9.3N 155.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 9.6N 154.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 9.9N 152.9E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 10.2N 151.7E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 10.6N 150.5E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 11.0N 149.2E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 11.2N 148.3E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 11.5N 147.3E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 11.9N 146.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 12.0N 145.2E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 12.2N 144.2E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 12.2N 143.2E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 12.4N 142.3E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 12.9N 141.5E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 13.2N 140.5E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 13.7N 139.4E | 90 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 14.1N 138.4E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 14.9N 137.5E | 95 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 15.7N 136.6E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 16.5N 135.7E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 17.5N 134.7E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 18.7N 133.7E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 20.2N 132.2E | 135 kt | 904 mb | Super typhoon |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 21.7N 130.8E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 22.8N 129.4E | 125 kt | 916 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 23.9N 128.4E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 25.0N 127.7E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 26.2N 127.6E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 27.2N 127.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 28.7N 128.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 29.9N 130.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 30.9N 132.1E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 32.8N 135.0E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 34.1N 138.1E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 36.4N 142.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 39.8N 146.5E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 42.4N 148.9E | 984 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 45.0N 151.5E | 988 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 47.5N 154.5E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 49.5N 157.1E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 51.2N 158.9E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 52.5N 162.9E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 53.4N 163.5E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 53.9N 165.5E | 990 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 54.6N 167.0E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 53.4N 170.4E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 52.2N 173.6E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 51.1N 176.0E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 50.3N 180.4E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2002
- Tropical Storm TapahWestern Pacific · 2002
- 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 ChataanWestern 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.