Cyclone Erica (2003)

Basin

South Pacific

Dates

March 1, 2003 to March 17, 2003

Peak strength

Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)

Lowest pressure

910 mb (26.87 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

15.5

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi)

Overall size

180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

33 kt (38 mph)

Identifier

SH222003

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

• Tropical Storm YolandeSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm45 kt · 988 mb
• Cyclone ZoeSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 5155 kt · 879 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm50 kt · 988 mb
• Cyclone AmiSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 3110 kt · 944 mb
• Cyclone BeniSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Tropical Storm CillaSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Cyclone DoviSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Depression
• Cyclone EsetaSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 3110 kt · 952 mb
• Tropical Storm FiliSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm45 kt · 997 mb
• Cyclone GinaSouth Pacific · 2003Cat 290 kt · 954 mb
• Tropical Storm EpiSouth Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Cyclone Erica