Unnamed tropical storm (2002)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the North Indian between December 21, 2002 and December 25, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- December 21, 2002 to December 25, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 115 km (71 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.0
- Identifier
- IO052002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 1.9N 78.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 2.2N 78.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 2.6N 79.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 3.0N 79.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 3.4N 80.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 3.5N 80.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 3.7N 80.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 3.9N 80.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 4.2N 81.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 4.7N 81.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 5.1N 82.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 5.5N 82.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 5.8N 83.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 6.2N 83.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 6.7N 84.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 7.1N 85.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 7.6N 85.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 8.0N 86.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 8.2N 86.7E | 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.