The 2007 season

Cyclone Indlala (2007)

Cyclone Indlala reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 7, 2007 and March 19, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Indlala, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2007 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
South Indian
Dates
March 7, 2007 to March 19, 2007
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
927 mb (27.37 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
195 nmi (361 km, 224 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
Overall size
265 nmi (491 km, 305 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
26 kt (30 mph)
Identifier
SH192007

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 7, 00:0011.6S 66.1E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 7, 06:0011.8S 66.3E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 7, 12:0012.2S 66.4E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 7, 18:0012.5S 66.3E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 00:0012.7S 66.2E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 06:0012.8S 66.1E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 12:0012.9S 65.9E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 18:0012.9S 65.7E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 00:0012.9S 65.5E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 06:0013.0S 65.2E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 12:0013.3S 64.8E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 18:0013.7S 64.3E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 00:0014.3S 63.5E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 06:0014.9S 62.4E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 12:0014.9S 61.2E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 18:0014.3S 60.4E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 00:0013.9S 59.7E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 06:0013.6S 59.2E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 12:0013.5S 59.0E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 18:0013.3S 58.5E35 kt996 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 12, 00:0013.1S 58.0E40 kt994 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 12, 06:0013.0S 57.5E45 kt991 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 12, 12:0012.9S 57.0E55 kt984 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 12, 18:0012.8S 56.2E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 13, 00:0012.8S 55.4E70 kt972 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 13, 06:0012.9S 54.7E75 kt967 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 13, 12:0013.1S 54.1E75 kt967 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 13, 18:0013.3S 53.5E75 kt967 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 14, 00:0013.7S 52.8E90 kt954 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 14, 06:0014.1S 52.2E100 kt944 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 14, 12:0014.5S 51.5E115 kt927 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 14, 18:0014.7S 51.0E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Mar 15, 00:0014.8S 50.5E110 kt941 mbTyphoon
Mar 15, 06:0015.0S 50.1E100 kt944 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 15, 12:0015.4S 49.7E85 kt958 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 15, 18:0015.8S 49.2E70 kt972 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 16, 00:0016.2S 48.6E55 kt984 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 16, 06:0016.4S 47.9E35 kt997 mbTropical cyclone
Mar 16, 12:0016.5S 47.5E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Mar 16, 18:0016.6S 47.2E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Mar 17, 00:0016.9S 47.1E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Mar 17, 06:0017.1S 47.5E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Mar 17, 12:0019.7S 47.5ENot reported
Mar 17, 18:0020.9S 47.6ENot reported
Mar 18, 00:0022.6S 47.8ENot reported
Mar 18, 06:0024.2S 48.0E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 18, 12:0026.1S 49.2E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 18, 18:0028.5S 50.4E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 00:0030.4S 51.0E30 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 19, 06:0032.0S 51.4E30 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Mar 19, 12:0032.4S 51.8E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2007

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.