Unnamed tropical storm (2003)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 60 kt in the North Indian between May 8, 2003 and May 19, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- May 8, 2003 to May 19, 2003
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 135 nmi (250 km, 155 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- IO012003
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:00 | 5.0N 91.3E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 8, 18:00 | 4.8N 91.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 9, 00:00 | 4.5N 91.1E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 9, 06:00 | 4.2N 91.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 9, 12:00 | 4.4N 90.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 9, 18:00 | 5.1N 90.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 10, 00:00 | 6.0N 90.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 10, 06:00 | 6.9N 89.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 10, 12:00 | 7.8N 89.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 10, 18:00 | 8.7N 88.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 11, 00:00 | 9.6N 88.0E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 11, 06:00 | 10.4N 87.4E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 11, 12:00 | 10.6N 86.8E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 11, 18:00 | 10.7N 86.3E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 12, 00:00 | 10.4N 86.4E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 12, 06:00 | 10.9N 86.4E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 12, 12:00 | 11.3N 86.7E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 12, 18:00 | 11.8N 86.8E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 13, 00:00 | 12.3N 86.4E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 13, 06:00 | 12.6N 86.1E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 13, 12:00 | 12.9N 86.0E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 13, 18:00 | 13.2N 85.9E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 00:00 | 13.7N 85.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 06:00 | 14.2N 86.0E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 12:00 | 14.5N 86.4E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 18:00 | 14.7N 86.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 00:00 | 14.8N 86.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 06:00 | 14.4N 86.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 12:00 | 14.3N 86.5E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 18:00 | 14.4N 86.8E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 00:00 | 14.5N 87.1E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 06:00 | 14.2N 87.1E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 12:00 | 14.1N 86.8E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 16, 18:00 | 13.7N 86.8E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 00:00 | 13.3N 87.4E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 06:00 | 13.1N 88.3E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 12:00 | 13.3N 89.3E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 18:00 | 13.7N 90.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 18, 00:00 | 14.3N 91.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 18, 06:00 | 15.2N 91.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 18, 12:00 | 15.9N 92.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 18, 18:00 | 16.7N 93.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 19, 00:00 | 17.5N 93.2E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 06:00 | 18.3N 93.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 12:00 | 19.0N 93.7E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 18:00 | 19.9N 94.1E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North 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.