Super Typhoon Yutu (2007)
Super Typhoon Yutu reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between May 15, 2007 and May 25, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Yutu, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- May 15, 2007 to May 25, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 813 km (505 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 130 kt (150 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Identifier
- WP022007
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 15, 00:00 | 7.8N 146.7E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| May 15, 06:00 | 8.4N 145.9E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| May 15, 12:00 | 8.8N 145.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| May 15, 18:00 | 8.6N 144.3E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| May 16, 00:00 | 8.6N 143.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| May 16, 06:00 | 8.6N 143.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 16, 12:00 | 8.3N 143.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 16, 18:00 | 8.5N 142.6E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 17, 00:00 | 8.5N 141.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 17, 06:00 | 9.0N 139.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 12:00 | 9.7N 137.8E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 17, 18:00 | 10.7N 136.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 00:00 | 11.6N 136.0E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 06:00 | 12.4N 134.7E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 12:00 | 13.2N 133.7E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 18:00 | 14.0N 132.8E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 19, 00:00 | 15.0N 132.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 19, 06:00 | 16.1N 132.1E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| May 19, 12:00 | 16.9N 132.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| May 19, 18:00 | 17.7N 132.8E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| May 20, 00:00 | 18.3N 133.5E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| May 20, 06:00 | 19.1N 134.4E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| May 20, 12:00 | 19.9N 135.4E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 20, 18:00 | 20.7N 136.4E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 21, 00:00 | 21.6N 137.7E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| May 21, 06:00 | 22.8N 139.1E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| May 21, 12:00 | 23.9N 140.7E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| May 21, 18:00 | 25.2N 142.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| May 22, 00:00 | 26.2N 144.5E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 22, 06:00 | 27.5N 146.5E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Extratropical |
| May 22, 12:00 | 28.7N 149.1E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Extratropical |
| May 22, 18:00 | 30.0N 152.6E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| May 23, 00:00 | 31.0N 156.0E | 992 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 23, 06:00 | 31.3N 160.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 23, 12:00 | 32.7N 163.9E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 23, 18:00 | 34.4N 167.5E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 24, 00:00 | 35.4N 170.3E | 996 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 24, 06:00 | 36.2N 173.0E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 24, 12:00 | 36.3N 175.7E | 994 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 24, 18:00 | 36.4N 179.0E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| May 25, 00:00 | 36.6N 183.0E | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2007
- Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm TorajiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2007 · 16 deaths
- Typhoon UsagiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon PabukWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Depression WutipWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon SepatWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon FitowWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon DanasWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon NariWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon WiphaWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm FranciscoWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon LekimaWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm HaiyanWestern Pacific · 2007
- Super Typhoon KrosaWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm PodulWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon KajikiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm FaxaiWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon PeipahWestern Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm TapahWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon HagibisWestern Pacific · 2007
- Typhoon MitagWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 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.