Typhoon Tapah (2014)
Typhoon Tapah reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between April 26, 2014 and May 2, 2014, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Tapah, 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- April 26, 2014 to May 2, 2014
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1222 km (759 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 185 nmi (343 km, 213 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- WP062014
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 12:00 | 10.0N 145.3E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 26, 18:00 | 10.2N 145.8E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 27, 00:00 | 10.5N 146.1E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 27, 06:00 | 10.9N 146.3E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 27, 12:00 | 11.4N 146.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 27, 18:00 | 12.0N 146.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 00:00 | 12.6N 147.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 06:00 | 13.2N 147.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 12:00 | 14.0N 147.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 28, 18:00 | 14.9N 147.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 29, 00:00 | 15.7N 147.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 29, 06:00 | 16.5N 147.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 29, 12:00 | 17.4N 147.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 29, 18:00 | 18.1N 147.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 30, 00:00 | 18.7N 147.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 30, 06:00 | 19.2N 147.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 12:00 | 19.9N 146.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 30, 18:00 | 20.7N 146.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 1, 00:00 | 21.4N 145.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 1, 06:00 | 22.0N 144.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 1, 12:00 | 22.8N 143.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 1, 18:00 | 23.6N 143.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 2, 00:00 | 24.2N 144.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 2, 06:00 | 24.8N 145.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2014
- Tropical Depression LinglingWestern Pacific · 2014 · 70 deaths
- Tropical Storm KajikiWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon FaxaiWestern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm PeipahWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm MitagWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm HagibisWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon NeoguriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon RammasunWestern Pacific · 2014 · 40 deaths
- Typhoon MatmoWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm NakriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon HalongWestern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon FengshenWestern Pacific · 2014
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2014
- Typhoon KalmaegiWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm Fung-WongWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm KammuriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon PhanfoneWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon VongfongWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon NuriWestern Pacific · 2014
- Tropical Storm SinlakuWestern Pacific · 2014
- Super Typhoon HagupitWestern Pacific · 2014 · 19 deaths
- Tropical Storm JangmiWestern Pacific · 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.