Tropical Storm Norman (2012)
Tropical Storm Norman peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 28, 2012 and September 30, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Norman. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 28, 2012 to September 30, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
- Overall size
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP142012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 05:00 | Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, 32 km away | 25.7N 109.3W | 30 kt (35 mph) | 1003 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 21.5N 108.7W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 22.7N 108.6W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 23.9N 108.6W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 24.9N 108.9W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 05:00 landfall | 25.7N 109.3W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 25.8N 109.4W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 26.1N 110.2W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 25.9N 110.8W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 25.7N 111.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 25.5N 111.7W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
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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.