The 2009 season

Tropical Storm Kirrily (2009)

Tropical Storm Kirrily peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between April 17, 2009 and May 1, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Kirrily, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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
April 17, 2009 to May 1, 2009
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
989 mb (29.21 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.0
Identifier
SH272009

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 17, 06:007.3S 133.3E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 12:007.4S 133.0E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 17, 18:007.7S 132.6E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 00:008.0S 132.3E20 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 06:008.4S 131.9E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 12:008.3S 131.5E20 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Apr 18, 18:008.1S 131.0E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 00:007.8S 130.6E25 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 06:007.7S 130.3E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 12:007.7S 130.0E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 19, 18:007.6S 129.7E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 00:007.4S 129.6E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 06:007.0S 129.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 12:007.0S 130.8E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 20, 18:007.0S 131.5E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 00:007.0S 132.0E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 06:007.1S 132.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 12:007.2S 132.8E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 21, 18:007.2S 133.0E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 00:007.3S 133.2E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 06:007.4S 133.2E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 12:007.5S 133.0E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 22, 18:007.6S 132.9E25 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 00:007.8S 132.9E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 23, 06:007.6S 132.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Apr 23, 12:008.2S 132.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Apr 23, 18:008.7S 132.9E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Apr 24, 00:009.0S 133.1E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Apr 24, 06:009.3S 133.4E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Apr 24, 12:009.3S 134.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Apr 24, 18:009.1S 134.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Apr 25, 00:008.4S 135.2E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Apr 25, 06:008.1S 135.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 25, 12:007.9S 135.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 25, 18:007.9S 136.1E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 26, 00:008.0S 135.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 26, 06:007.6S 135.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 26, 12:007.4S 134.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 26, 18:007.2S 134.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 00:006.8S 134.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 06:006.3S 134.1E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 12:006.1S 133.9E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Apr 27, 18:006.2S 133.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 00:006.1S 133.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 06:006.0S 133.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Apr 28, 12:005.6S 133.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 28, 18:005.3S 132.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 29, 00:005.6S 132.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Apr 29, 06:005.1S 132.7E25 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Apr 29, 12:005.1S 132.5E20 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Apr 29, 18:005.0S 132.4E20 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Apr 30, 00:005.0S 132.1E20 kt1009 mbTropical storm
Apr 30, 06:005.1S 131.7E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 30, 12:005.1S 131.4E25 ktTropical storm
Apr 30, 18:005.1S 131.2E25 ktTropical storm
May 1, 00:005.2S 131.0E25 ktTropical storm
May 1, 06:005.1S 130.5E25 ktTropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 2009

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.