Cyclone Hellen (2014)
Cyclone Hellen reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 26, 2014 and April 5, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 926 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Hellen, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2014 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 26, 2014 to April 5, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb (27.34 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- SH212014
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 26, 12:00 | 10.0S 40.6E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 26, 18:00 | 10.4S 40.8E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 27, 00:00 | 11.0S 41.0E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 27, 06:00 | 12.0S 41.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 12.3S 40.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 12.5S 40.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 12.2S 41.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 28, 06:00 | 12.1S 41.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 28, 12:00 | 12.4S 41.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 12.6S 42.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 12.8S 42.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 12.9S 42.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 12:00 | 13.1S 43.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 18:00 | 13.6S 43.7E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 00:00 | 14.1S 44.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 06:00 | 14.4S 44.3E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 12:00 | 14.7S 44.6E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 30, 18:00 | 15.1S 45.0E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 31, 00:00 | 15.3S 45.5E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 31, 06:00 | 15.4S 45.6E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 31, 12:00 | 15.6S 45.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 31, 18:00 | 15.8S 45.7E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 00:00 | 15.7S 45.2E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 1, 06:00 | 15.5S 44.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 1, 12:00 | 16.2S 44.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 1, 18:00 | 17.0S 44.2E | 23 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 2, 00:00 | 17.7S 43.2E | 23 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 2, 06:00 | 18.0S 42.5E | 23 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 2, 12:00 | 18.5S 42.2E | 23 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 2, 18:00 | 19.0S 41.8E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 00:00 | 19.4S 41.4E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 06:00 | 19.7S 41.0E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 12:00 | 20.3S 39.9E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 3, 18:00 | 20.7S 39.3E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 4, 00:00 | 21.1S 38.4E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 4, 06:00 | 21.4S 37.2E | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 4, 12:00 | 21.6S 35.7E | 15 kt | 1012 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 4, 18:00 | 21.2S 34.8E | 15 kt | 1013 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 5, 00:00 | 20.5S 34.4E | 15 kt | 1013 mb | Not reported |
| Apr 5, 06:00 | 19.8S 34.3E | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2014
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm AlessiaSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone AmaraSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone BruceSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone ChristineSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone BejisaSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone ColinSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm DeliweSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm FletcherSouth Indian · 2014
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm EdilsonSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm FobaneSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone GuitoSouth Indian · 2014
- Tropical Storm IvanoeSouth Indian · 2014
- Cyclone JackSouth Indian · 2014
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.