Unnamed tropical storm (2002)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the South Pacific between February 23, 2002 and February 26, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- February 23, 2002 to February 26, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 229 km (142 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Identifier
- SH162002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 06:00 | 16.5S 175.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 23, 12:00 | 17.1S 175.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 23, 18:00 | 17.9S 175.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 00:00 | 18.7S 175.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 06:00 | 19.6S 175.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 12:00 | 20.4S 175.6E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 21.2S 175.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 21.9S 176.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 22.4S 176.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 22.7S 176.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 22.9S 176.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 23.0S 176.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm TrinaSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Depression VickySouth Pacific · 2002
- Cyclone WakaSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm BernieSouth Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2002
- Cyclone ClaudiaSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm DesSouth Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm UpiaSouth Pacific · 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.