Cyclone Kamba (2008)
Cyclone Kamba reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 5, 2008 and March 14, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Kamba, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- March 5, 2008 to March 14, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1115 km (693 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 155 nmi (287 km, 178 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
- 310 nmi (574 km, 357 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- SH232008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 06:00 | 11.8S 96.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 5, 12:00 | 12.0S 94.6E | Tropical storm | ||
| Mar 5, 18:00 | 12.1S 93.2E | Disturbance | ||
| Mar 6, 00:00 | 12.6S 91.7E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 6, 06:00 | 12.6S 91.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 6, 12:00 | 12.5S 90.3E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 6, 18:00 | 12.4S 89.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 7, 00:00 | 12.2S 88.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 7, 06:00 | 12.1S 88.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 7, 12:00 | 12.0S 88.0E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 7, 18:00 | 12.1S 87.7E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 00:00 | 12.3S 87.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 12.5S 86.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 12.8S 86.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 13.2S 85.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 13.7S 84.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 14.1S 83.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 14.6S 82.0E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 15.2S 80.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 15.9S 79.8E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 16.9S 79.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 18.1S 78.5E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 19.4S 78.2E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 20.7S 78.1E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 22.0S 78.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 23.2S 78.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 24.3S 78.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 25.1S 79.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 25.6S 80.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 25.6S 80.2E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 26.4S 79.5E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 27.7S 78.7E | 27 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 29.8S 78.6E | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 30.9S 78.0E | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 31.3S 77.6E | 30 kt | 1014 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 31.5S 77.3E | 30 kt | 1015 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 31.4S 77.0E | 30 kt | 1016 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm Ariel:LeeSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone BongweSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm CelinaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm DamaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm MelanieSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm ElnusSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm HelenSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone FameSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone GulaSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone HondoSouth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone IvanSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone NicholasSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone OpheliaSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone JokweSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm LolaSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone PanchoSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm DurgaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm RosieSouth Indian · 2008
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.