Tropical Storm Lowell (2002)
Tropical Storm Lowell peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 22, 2002 and October 31, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Lowell, 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
- October 22, 2002 to October 31, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1068 km (664 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi)
- Overall size
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- EP152002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 11.0N 130.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 11.8N 130.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 11.8N 130.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 12.7N 131.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 12.3N 131.5W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 12.4N 132.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 12.6N 133.2W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 12.3N 134.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 12.3N 135.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 12.5N 136.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 12.5N 137.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 12.5N 138.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 12.6N 139.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 12.7N 140.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 12.8N 141.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 13.0N 142.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 12.5N 143.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 12.3N 143.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 12.3N 143.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 12.5N 144.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 12.8N 144.1W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 13.1N 144.5W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 13.2N 144.7W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 13.3N 144.9W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 12.9N 145.4W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 12.7N 145.8W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 12.6N 146.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 12.3N 147.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 12.0N 147.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 12.1N 148.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 11.9N 148.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 11.7N 148.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 11.5N 149.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 11.2N 149.2W | 25 kt | 1009 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
- Tropical Storm JulioEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane KennaEastern 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.