The 2004 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2004)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 35 kt in the Western Pacific between March 14, 2004 and March 23, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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
March 14, 2004 to March 23, 2004
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
997 mb (29.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 62 km (39 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.5
Identifier
WP022004

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 14, 00:003.0N 143.3E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 14, 06:004.0N 142.3E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 14, 12:005.2N 141.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 14, 18:005.9N 140.9E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 15, 00:006.5N 140.2E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 15, 06:006.9N 139.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 15, 12:007.0N 138.7E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Mar 15, 18:006.9N 138.2E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Mar 16, 00:006.6N 137.9E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Mar 16, 06:006.3N 137.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 16, 12:005.9N 137.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 16, 18:005.6N 136.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 17, 00:005.5N 135.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 17, 06:005.7N 134.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 17, 12:006.2N 133.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 17, 18:007.0N 132.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 18, 00:007.8N 131.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 18, 06:008.7N 130.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 18, 12:009.6N 129.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 18, 18:0010.4N 128.6E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 00:0011.0N 128.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 06:0011.6N 127.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 12:0012.2N 126.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 18:0012.7N 126.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 00:0013.2N 125.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 06:0013.7N 125.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 12:0014.3N 124.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 20, 18:0014.7N 124.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 00:0015.0N 124.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 06:0015.5N 124.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 12:0016.0N 124.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 18:0016.5N 124.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 22, 00:0016.9N 124.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 22, 06:0016.8N 124.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 22, 12:0016.7N 124.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 22, 18:0016.7N 125.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 23, 00:0017.0N 125.6E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 23, 06:0017.3N 126.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 23, 12:0017.9N 126.1E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression

Other Western Pacific storms of 2004

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.