Tropical Storm Craig (2003)
Tropical Storm Craig peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between March 7, 2003 and March 13, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Craig, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- March 7, 2003 to March 13, 2003
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- SH242003
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 13.0S 130.3E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 12.4S 130.0E | 15 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 12.0S 129.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 11.8S 128.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 11.5S 128.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 11.2S 128.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 10.9S 129.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 10.6S 129.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 10.7S 130.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 10.8S 130.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 10.9S 130.8E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 11.1S 131.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 11.4S 131.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 11.6S 131.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 11.7S 132.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 11.9S 132.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 12.3S 134.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 12.6S 135.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 13.2S 138.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 14.1S 139.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 15.2S 141.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 16.4S 142.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 17.8S 142.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Indian storms of 2003
- Tropical Storm AbaimbaSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm AtangSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone BouraSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone CrystalSouth Indian · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm DelfinaSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone EbulaSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm FariSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone FionaSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm IshaSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone GerrySouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone HapeSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm GrahamSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone JaphetSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm HarrietSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone KalundeSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone InigoSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone LumaSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone ManouSouth Indian · 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.