Tropical Storm Mekkhala (2002)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

September 21, 2002 to September 28, 2002

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)

Lowest pressure

984 mb (29.06 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

2.1

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)

Overall size

150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

8 kt (9 mph)

Identifier

WP242002

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

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• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
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• Typhoon NoguriWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 285 kt · 958 mb
• Typhoon RammasunWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 3110 kt · 933 mb
• Super Typhoon ChataanWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb
• Super Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 4135 kt · 904 mb
• Tropical Storm NakriWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm40 kt · 990 mb
• Super Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 5145 kt · 892 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Typhoon Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Tropical Storm KammuriWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm50 kt · 987 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression25 kt · 999 mb
• Super Typhoon PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 4135 kt · 904 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm VongfongWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm55 kt · 984 mb
• Typhoon RusaWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 4115 kt · 927 mb
• Typhoon SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 3110 kt · 933 mb
• Tropical Storm HagupitWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Tropical Storm ChangmiWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm45 kt · 968 mb
• Super Typhoon HigosWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 4135 kt · 904 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression25 kt · 1000 mb
• Typhoon BaviWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 170 kt · 970 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Typhoon MaysakWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 175 kt · 967 mb
• Typhoon HaishenWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 295 kt · 949 mb
• Super Typhoon PongsonaWestern Pacific · 2002Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb

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.

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.