Cyclone Savannah (2019)
Cyclone Savannah reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 8, 2019 and March 22, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 957 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Savannah, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 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 8, 2019 to March 22, 2019
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 957 mb (28.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 269 km (167 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- SH192019
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 8, 00:00 | 11.2S 114.7E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 12.0S 114.3E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 12.2S 113.9E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 12.3S 113.7E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 12.3S 113.5E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 12.1S 113.3E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 12.2S 112.9E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 12.2S 112.2E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 11.8S 111.3E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 12.0S 110.0E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 11.9S 109.0E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 11.7S 107.4E | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 11.2S 106.2E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 11.6S 103.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 10.9S 103.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 10.3S 102.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 9.4S 101.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 8.6S 100.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 8.4S 99.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 8.5S 98.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 8.9S 98.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 9.6S 97.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 10.4S 97.1E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 10.9S 96.7E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 11.5S 96.3E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 12.1S 96.0E | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 12.6S 95.7E | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 13.0S 95.4E | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 13.5S 95.2E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 13.9S 94.9E | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 14.3S 94.8E | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 14.7S 94.3E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 14.9S 93.8E | 65 kt | 987 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 15.1S 93.5E | 65 kt | 987 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 15.3S 93.0E | 75 kt | 981 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 15.6S 92.4E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 16.0S 91.6E | 90 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 16.1S 91.1E | 105 kt | 957 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 16.3S 90.6E | 100 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 16.5S 90.1E | 95 kt | 966 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 16.8S 89.5E | 80 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 17.3S 88.9E | 75 kt | 983 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 12:00 | 17.6S 88.2E | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 18, 18:00 | 17.9S 87.6E | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 00:00 | 18.1S 86.6E | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 06:00 | 18.3S 85.7E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 12:00 | 18.3S 85.1E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 18:00 | 18.7S 84.6E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 19.0S 84.0E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 19.1S 83.8E | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 19.2S 84.5E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 18:00 | 19.5S 84.8E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 00:00 | 19.8S 84.7E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 19.9S 84.3E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 19.7S 83.5E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 21, 18:00 | 19.2S 82.2E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 22, 00:00 | 18.6S 81.3E | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 22, 06:00 | 18.5S 80.6E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 22, 12:00 | 18.5S 80.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone AlcideSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm BouchraSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone KenangaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone CilidaSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm DesmondSouth Indian · 2019
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone RileySouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm EketsangSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone FunaniSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone GelenaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone HalehSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone IdaiSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone VeronicaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone JoaninhaSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm WallaceSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone LornaSouth Indian · 2019
- Cyclone KennethSouth Indian · 2019
- Tropical Storm LiliSouth Indian · 2019
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.