The 2002 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2002)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between November 20, 2001 and November 24, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
November 20, 2001 to November 24, 2001
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
997 mb (29.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1950 km (1212 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.6
Identifier
SH042002

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 20, 06:0011.5S 81.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 12:0011.6S 81.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 18:0011.6S 82.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 21, 00:0011.5S 82.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 21, 06:0011.4S 82.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 21, 12:0011.4S 82.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 18:0011.5S 82.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 00:0011.8S 83.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 06:0012.0S 83.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 12:0012.3S 82.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 22, 18:0012.5S 81.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 00:0012.6S 80.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 06:0012.8S 80.0E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 12:0012.9S 79.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 23, 18:0012.9S 78.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 24, 00:0012.9S 77.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 24, 06:0012.9S 77.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 24, 12:0012.9S 76.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

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.

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.