Typhoon Lionrock (2016)
Typhoon Lionrock reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between August 16, 2016 and August 30, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Lionrock, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2016 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
- August 16, 2016 to August 30, 2016
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 933 mb (27.55 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 28.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 66 nmi (122 km, 76 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 115 kt (132 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Identifier
- WP122016
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 25.0N 160.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 25.9N 158.9E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 27.1N 157.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 27.8N 155.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 28.4N 153.8E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 29.1N 152.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 30.1N 150.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 30.9N 148.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 32.3N 146.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 32.8N 144.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 33.1N 142.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 32.6N 141.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 32.2N 139.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 31.5N 138.3E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 31.1N 137.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 30.5N 136.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 30.2N 135.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 29.9N 134.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 29.4N 133.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 29.0N 133.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 28.7N 133.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 28.7N 133.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 28.7N 133.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 28.5N 134.2E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 28.3N 134.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 27.7N 134.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 27.2N 134.3E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 26.5N 133.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 25.9N 133.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 25.2N 132.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 24.8N 132.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 24.3N 131.8E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 23.8N 131.4E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 23.5N 131.1E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 23.5N 131.0E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 23.4N 130.9E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 23.2N 130.9E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 23.1N 131.1E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 23.1N 131.4E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 23.2N 132.2E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 23.5N 132.7E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 23.7N 133.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 24.0N 133.8E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 24.5N 134.7E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 25.2N 135.6E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 26.1N 136.7E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 27.7N 137.9E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 28.5N 138.9E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 29.4N 140.6E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 30.5N 141.7E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 31.5N 142.7E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 32.8N 143.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 34.3N 143.1E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 36.0N 142.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 37.9N 141.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 41.3N 140.1E | 45 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 43.8N 135.9E | 980 mb | Extratropical |
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- Tropical Storm ConsonWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm ChanthuWestern Pacific · 2016
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- Typhoon MindulleWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm KompasuWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon NamtheunWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm MalouWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon MerantiWestern Pacific · 2016 · 30 deaths
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Depression RaiWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MalakasWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MegiWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon ChabaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm AereWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon SarikaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Super Typhoon HaimaWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon MeariWestern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm Ma-OnWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2016
- Typhoon TokageWestern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2016
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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.