Unnamed tropical storm (2002)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 55 kt in the North Indian between November 9, 2002 and November 12, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- November 9, 2002 to November 12, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Identifier
- IO032002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 11.7N 82.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 11.9N 82.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 12.1N 82.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 12.5N 82.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 13.1N 82.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 13.6N 83.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 14.3N 84.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 15.3N 85.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 16.5N 85.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 17.8N 86.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 20.8N 87.4E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 23.2N 89.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North 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.
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.