Tropical Storm Pulasan (2024)

Basin

Western Pacific

Dates

September 15, 2024 to September 24, 2024

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)

Lowest pressure

979 mb (28.91 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

2.3

Eyewall radius at its peak

125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi)

Overall size

300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

45 kt (52 mph)

Fastest the center moved

47 kt (54 mph)

Identifier

WP152024

Radar at RODN as it neared land, Sep 18, 12:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled July 2026.

Deaths

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

3

Property damage

none recorded

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

4 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

2 high wind, 1 flash flood, 1 high surf.

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

For Saipan, wind started to gust over 30 kts after 0300ChST, and reach higher gusts than what was reported a weak earlier when TS Bebinca moved near the Marianas. Near Saipan's airport (215 ft in elevation), max sustained wind of 29 kt (33 mph) was recorded around 0855ChST with a max gust of 48 kt (55 mph) around 0905ChST. Higher elevations saw stronger winds with a private weather station on Wireless Ridge (elevation of 673 ft) reporting max sustained wind of 46 kt (53 mph) at 1355ChST and a max gust of 53 kt (61 mph) at 1305ChST. No notable damage was reported by the emergency management office up on Saipan.

Saipan, Guam · High Wind · Sep 15, 17:00 UTC

The southwest to west swell and wind waves associated with the monsoon surge, generated large surf along west facing reefs of the Marianas. at 1127ChST on September 17th, three distressed swimmers (2 children and 1 adult) were swept over the reef by large waves off of Gun Beach in Tumon. When Guam Fire Department and Water Rescue arrived, the first distressed swimmer, a 12-year-old boy, was already back on shore and suffered minor injures. The second swimmer rescued was a 47-year-old man, as rescued by boat and CPR was conducted, before being transported to a nearby hospital. The third simmer was a 10-year-old boy who was retrieved by the Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25. CPR was also conducted and the boy was also transported to a hospital.

Guam, Guam · High Surf · Sep 17, 01:20 UTC

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• Tropical Depression WukongWestern Pacific · 2024Tropical Depression30 kt · 984 mb
• Tropical Storm JongdariWestern Pacific · 2024Tropical Storm35 kt · 983 mb
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• Super Typhoon YagiWestern Pacific · 2024Cat 5145 kt · 907 mb
• Tropical Storm LeepiWestern Pacific · 2024Tropical Storm40 kt · 977 mb
• Tropical Depression HoneWestern Pacific · 2024Tropical Depression
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• Tropical Storm SoulikWestern Pacific · 2024Tropical Storm35 kt · 989 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2024Tropical Depression30 kt · 983 mb
• Tropical Storm CimaronWestern Pacific · 2024Tropical Storm35 kt · 985 mb
• Typhoon JebiWestern Pacific · 2024Cat 170 kt · 969 mb
• Super Typhoon KrathonWestern Pacific · 2024Cat 4135 kt · 922 mb
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• Typhoon TramiWestern Pacific · 2024Cat 165 kt · 984 mb
• Super Typhoon Kong-ReyWestern Pacific · 2024Cat 5140 kt · 915 mb
• Super Typhoon YinxingWestern Pacific · 2024Cat 4130 kt · 931 mb
• Typhoon TorajiWestern Pacific · 2024Cat 180 kt · 976 mb
• Super Typhoon Man-YiWestern Pacific · 2024Cat 5140 kt · 924 mb
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• Tropical Depression PabukWestern Pacific · 2024Tropical Depression30 kt · 994 mb

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.

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.