Unnamed tropical depression (2002)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the North Atlantic between October 14, 2002 and October 16, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 1002 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- October 14, 2002 to October 16, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- AL142002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 16:00 | Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba, 31 km away | 22.0N 80.7W | 25 kt (29 mph) | 1006 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 16.9N 82.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 17.2N 83.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 17.1N 83.2W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 17.5N 83.0W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 17.9N 82.8W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 18.6N 82.5W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 19.7N 82.2W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 20.5N 81.6W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 21.5N 81.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 16:00 landfall | 22.0N 80.7W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 22.4N 80.5W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2002
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm DollyNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm FayNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Hurricane GustavNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm HannaNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Hurricane IsidoreNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Hurricane KyleNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 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.