The 2003 season

Tropical Storm Atang (2003)

Tropical Storm Atang peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between November 3, 2002 and November 13, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 991 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Atang, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2003 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 3, 2002 to November 13, 2002
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
991 mb (29.26 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.0
Identifier
SH022003

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 3, 06:006.6S 69.6E15 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 12:006.8S 68.4E15 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Nov 3, 18:006.9S 67.2E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 00:007.2S 66.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 06:007.5S 64.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 12:007.6S 63.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 4, 18:007.6S 62.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 00:007.6S 61.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 06:007.8S 60.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 12:008.1S 60.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 5, 18:008.4S 59.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 00:008.8S 59.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 6, 06:009.1S 59.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 12:009.4S 59.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 18:009.2S 58.9E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 00:008.7S 58.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 06:008.5S 58.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 12:008.5S 57.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 18:008.4S 56.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 00:008.4S 55.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 8, 06:008.4S 54.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 8, 12:008.6S 53.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 8, 18:009.2S 52.7E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Nov 9, 00:009.8S 52.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 9, 06:0010.5S 52.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 12:0011.0S 51.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 18:0011.5S 50.9E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 00:0011.7S 50.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 06:0011.4S 49.6E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 12:0011.2S 49.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 10, 18:0011.2S 48.1E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 00:0011.2S 47.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 06:0011.2S 45.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 11, 12:0011.6S 44.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 18:0011.8S 43.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 00:0011.5S 42.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 06:0010.7S 42.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 12, 12:0010.2S 41.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 12, 18:0010.2S 40.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 13, 00:0010.2S 39.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

Other South Indian storms of 2003

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.