Tropical Storm Julio (2002)
Tropical Storm Julio peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 25, 2002 and September 26, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Julio. 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 25, 2002 to September 26, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
- Overall size
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP132002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 00:00 | La Orilla, Michoacan, Mexico, 18 km away | 18.0N 102.4W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 1000 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 14.6N 101.8W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 15.4N 101.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 16.1N 101.6W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 17.0N 101.9W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 00:00 landfall | 18.0N 102.4W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 18.7N 103.3W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 19.4N 104.3W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
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 IselleEastern 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.