Tropical Storm Iselle (2002)
Tropical Storm Iselle peaked at 60 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 15, 2002 and September 20, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Iselle, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 15, 2002 to September 20, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 69 km (43 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP122002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 15.2N 103.8W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 15.6N 104.6W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 16.2N 105.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 16.9N 106.8W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 17.7N 107.8W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 18.4N 109.0W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 19.2N 110.4W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 20.0N 111.6W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 20.5N 112.5W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 21.1N 113.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 21.6N 114.0W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 21.9N 114.6W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 22.1N 114.3W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 22.3N 114.1W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 22.5N 114.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 22.7N 113.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 23.0N 113.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 23.5N 112.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 23.8N 112.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 24.1N 112.6W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 24.5N 112.8W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 24.9N 113.0W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2002
- Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm BorisEastern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Depression KalmaegiEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane DouglasEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane ElidaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm AlikaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane EleEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm GenevieveEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm JulioEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane KennaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm LowellEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane HukoEastern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern 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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.