The 2003 season

Typhoon Krovanh (2003)

Typhoon Krovanh reached Category 2 in the Western Pacific between August 13, 2003 and August 26, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 954 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Krovanh, 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
Western Pacific
Dates
August 13, 2003 to August 26, 2003
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
954 mb (28.17 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.6
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
22 kt (25 mph)
Identifier
WP122003

Radar at PGUA as it neared land, Aug 17, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 13, 18:007.2N 156.0E1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:007.0N 155.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 06:007.4N 154.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 12:008.0N 153.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 14, 18:008.7N 152.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 15, 00:009.2N 151.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 15, 06:009.6N 150.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 15, 12:0010.0N 150.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 15, 18:0010.4N 149.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 00:0010.8N 148.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 06:0011.6N 148.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 12:0012.5N 147.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 18:0013.3N 145.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 00:0013.7N 144.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 06:0014.2N 143.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 12:0015.2N 142.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 18:0016.1N 141.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 18, 00:0017.0N 140.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 18, 06:0017.6N 139.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 18, 12:0017.7N 138.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 18, 18:0018.3N 137.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 00:0019.5N 136.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 06:0020.3N 135.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 12:0020.3N 134.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 19, 18:0020.2N 133.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 00:0020.0N 132.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Aug 20, 06:0019.5N 132.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0019.0N 131.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0018.7N 130.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0018.6N 129.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 21, 06:0018.5N 128.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 12:0018.2N 127.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 21, 18:0017.8N 125.9E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 00:0017.7N 124.5E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 06:0017.7N 123.3E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 12:0017.6N 122.1E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 22, 18:0017.1N 120.6E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 00:0017.5N 119.2E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 06:0017.6N 117.9E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 12:0017.9N 116.8E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Aug 23, 18:0018.3N 115.8E70 kt972 mbTropical depression
Aug 24, 00:0018.8N 114.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 06:0019.2N 113.4E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 12:0019.6N 112.2E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Aug 24, 18:0020.0N 111.1E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 00:0020.4N 110.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 06:0020.8N 108.9E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 12:0021.2N 107.8E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Aug 25, 18:0021.5N 106.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Aug 26, 00:0022.3N 105.2E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 06:0022.7N 104.9E996 mbTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0022.0N 103.0E1000 mbTropical storm

Other Western Pacific 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.