The 2002 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2002)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 20 kt in the South Indian between February 9, 2002 and February 24, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
February 9, 2002 to February 24, 2002
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 20 kt (23 mph), ten-minute wind
Lowest pressure
994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
2002040S14130

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 9, 00:0013.7S 129.9E10 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 06:0014.3S 130.0E10 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 12:0014.5S 130.1E10 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 18:0014.7S 130.3E10 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 00:0014.8S 130.2E10 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 06:0014.8S 130.2E10 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 12:0014.6S 130.0E10 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 10, 18:0014.2S 130.2E15 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 00:0014.0S 130.5E15 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 06:0013.6S 131.2E15 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 12:0013.2S 131.8E15 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 11, 18:0012.8S 132.5E20 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 00:0012.6S 132.9E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:0013.0S 134.0E10 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:0013.0S 134.0E10 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:0013.0S 134.4E10 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:0013.1S 135.0E15 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:0013.5S 135.4E15 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:0014.1S 135.4E10 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 18:0014.4S 135.4E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 00:0015.4S 135.8E10 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 06:0016.0S 135.7E10 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 12:0016.5S 135.2E10 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 14, 18:0017.0S 137.0E10 kt1001 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 00:0017.0S 137.2E10 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 06:0017.0S 137.5E10 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 12:0017.5S 138.5E10 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 15, 18:0017.2S 139.0E10 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Feb 16, 00:0016.5S 140.2E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 06:0015.5S 140.5E15 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 12:0016.0S 140.0E15 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 18:0016.7S 139.5E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 00:0016.5S 138.2E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0016.5S 137.5E15 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 12:0016.5S 136.0E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 18:0016.7S 135.5E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 00:0017.2S 134.8E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 06:0017.3S 133.8E15 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 12:0016.7S 132.3E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 18:0016.3S 131.4E15 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 00:0017.0S 131.2E15 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 06:0017.0S 131.3E15 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 12:0017.0S 131.1E15 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 18:0016.8S 131.0E15 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 00:0016.8S 130.8E15 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 06:0016.7S 130.5E15 kt994 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 12:0016.5S 130.2E15 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 18:0016.8S 130.0E20 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 00:0016.7S 128.4E20 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 06:0016.8S 128.3E20 kt994 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 12:0017.2S 128.2E20 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 18:0017.3S 128.0E20 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 00:0017.9S 127.9E20 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 06:0018.4S 127.5E20 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 12:0018.8S 127.0E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 18:0019.0S 126.5E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 00:0019.2S 125.5E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 06:0019.4S 125.0E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 12:0020.0S 124.5E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 18:0020.4S 124.0E15 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 00:0020.5S 123.8E15 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 24, 06:0020.5S 123.7E15 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 24, 12:0020.5S 123.6E15 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 24, 18:0020.6S 123.0E15 kt1004 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.

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.