The 2007 season

Super Typhoon Krosa (2007)

Super Typhoon Krosa reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 1, 2007 and October 14, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Super Typhoon Krosa, 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
Western Pacific
Dates
October 1, 2007 to October 14, 2007
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
926 mb (27.34 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
24.5
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
337 nmi (624 km, 388 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
150 kt (173 mph)
Fastest the center moved
52 kt (60 mph)
Identifier
WP172007

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 1, 06:0017.6N 130.7E998 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 12:0017.2N 131.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 1, 18:0016.9N 131.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 00:0016.7N 131.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 06:0016.6N 131.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Oct 2, 12:0016.6N 131.2E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Oct 2, 18:0016.7N 130.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Oct 3, 00:0016.9N 130.3E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Oct 3, 06:0017.3N 129.9E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Oct 3, 12:0017.7N 129.4E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Oct 3, 18:0018.2N 128.9E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Oct 4, 00:0018.6N 128.1E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 4, 06:0019.2N 127.4E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 4, 12:0019.8N 126.7E120 kt933 mbTyphoon
Oct 4, 18:0020.2N 125.8E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
Oct 5, 00:0020.4N 125.2E130 kt926 mbSuper typhoon
Oct 5, 06:0021.0N 125.0E130 kt926 mbSuper typhoon
Oct 5, 12:0021.8N 124.9E130 kt926 mbSuper typhoon
Oct 5, 18:0022.8N 124.1E130 kt926 mbSuper typhoon
Oct 6, 00:0023.8N 123.5E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
Oct 6, 06:0024.5N 122.2E125 kt929 mbTyphoon
Oct 6, 12:0024.7N 121.9E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Oct 6, 18:0025.5N 120.9E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Oct 7, 00:0026.0N 120.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Oct 7, 06:0026.8N 120.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 12:0027.5N 120.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 18:0027.7N 120.1E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0027.9N 120.1E40 kt993 mbExtratropical
Oct 8, 06:0028.3N 120.9E1002 mbMixed
Oct 8, 12:0028.7N 122.3E1006 mbMixed
Oct 8, 18:0029.1N 123.3E1008 mbExtratropical
Oct 9, 00:0030.5N 125.8E1008 mbExtratropical
Oct 9, 06:0031.5N 128.4E1008 mbExtratropical
Oct 9, 12:0032.1N 130.5E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 9, 18:0032.9N 133.8E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 10, 00:0032.4N 136.7E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 10, 06:0032.1N 138.9E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 10, 12:0031.9N 140.8E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 10, 18:0031.9N 142.1E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 00:0031.8N 143.4E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 06:0031.8N 144.7E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 12:0032.1N 146.0E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 11, 18:0033.0N 147.3E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 00:0033.9N 148.9E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 06:0035.3N 151.7E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 12:0036.5N 153.6E1010 mbExtratropical
Oct 12, 18:0038.3N 158.0E1008 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 00:0040.2N 161.5E1008 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 06:0041.6N 165.9E1004 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 12:0043.8N 172.3E1004 mbExtratropical
Oct 13, 18:0045.3N 177.6E1000 mbExtratropical
Oct 14, 00:0047.1N 183.3EExtratropical

Other Western Pacific 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.