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A Tropical Depression is a tropical cyclone that has wind between 25-38 mph and a barometric pressure above 999 millibars. Tropical Depressions are usually the weakest and shortest lived of the tropical cyclones and the second of four stages of tropical cyclone developement.

Sub-tropical depression Twenty-two in the north Atlantic on October 8.
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Sub-tropical depression Twenty-two in the north Atlantic on October 8.

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[edit] Frequencty

Aside from tropical waves, tropical depressions are the second numerous tropical cyclones in any basin.

[edit] List of Tropical Depressions

This is a list of Tropical Depressions

[edit] 1900's

  • July 6, 1956- a tropical depression struck Pensacola, Florida causing $350,000 dollars (1956 USD) in damage but no deaths or injuries.
  • 1965, a subtropical depression persisted from October 16 to October 17. [1]
  • June 1966- Tropical Depression One formed on June 30 and struck Florida leaving $50,000 dollars (1966 USD) in damage.
  • July 26, 1966- Tropical Depression Seven struck Louisiana brining heavy rains to the state but causing no damage.
  • October 1966, A tropical depression formed in the far eastern Atlantic and was given the name Kendra before dissapating. Post storm analyisis found that Kendra never reached tropical storm strength and thus was never included in the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season report making Kendra the only named tropical depression for the Atlantic Basin.
  • August 31, 1968, A tropical depression struck Florida , dumping 15 inches of rain and spawned several tornadoes. Damage figures from the storm are unknown.
  • 1973, A tropical depression struck Texas causing $15 million dollars (1973 USD).
  • Late May-Early June, 1988, Tropical Depression One formed on May 31 and crossed Cuba before dissapating on June 2. The tropical depression dropped 3 inches of rain across south Florida. [2]
  • August, 1988, Tropical Depression four struck Jacksonville,Florida and dropped 5-7 inches of rain across the northern U.S. Gulf Coast. [3]
  • September,1988, Tropical Depression Ten struck Louisiana brining heavy rain, the highest 8.04 inches in Mississippi. [4]
  • May, 1990, A preseason tropical depression dropped up to five inches of rain across Florida. [5]
  • June,1992, A tropical depression formed in the western Caribbean on June 25, striking the west coast of Florida. Local rainfall amounts exceeded 20 inches [6].Operationally, this system was designated Tropical Depression Two by the National Hurricane Center, due to the earlier subtropical storm, creating a flurry of activity amongst the media. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) used the designation of Tropical Depression One, which likely added to the confusion. Policy at the time kept subtropical and tropical cyclones on different numbering systems, which led to a second Tropical Depression Two later in June, creating even more media queries later in the month when that system formed. [7]
  • May 31-June 2, 1993, Tropical Depression One formed on May 31 before crossing over Cuba and dissapating two days later. Seven fatalities were reported from the tropical depression.
  • July,1994, tropical depression two formed on July 20 out of a non-tropical weather system and move westward where it made landfall on the 21st before becoming extratropical on the 23rd over Nova Scotia. The storm dropped 5 inches of rain across South Carolina and Virginia but there were no reports of damage. [8]
  • October, 1999, Tropical Depression Eleven formed in the Bay of Campeche on October 4 and moved westward before dissapating on the 6th. The precursor to the tropical depression brought heavy rains that left 400 people dead.

[edit] 2000's

  • March 21, 2002, Tropical Depression 3W (also known as Tropical Depression Calroy) formed on March 19 south of the 10 degree north latitude. At 1200 UTC, 3W-Calroy moved westward crossing the northern Philippines before entering the South China Sea and dissapating on the 25th. Although it was at tropical depression strength, heavy rains caused serious flashflooding and landslides that left 28-35 people dead and left 50,000 others homeless. Damage to fishing, agraculture and infrastructure totaled up to $1.7 million dollars (2002 USD) in damage. [9]
  • August, 2005, Tropical Depression Ten formed on August 13 near the Lesser Antilies, the system never reached tropical storm strength and it disentergrated the following day. However, the reminants continued to move northwestward where it merged with another system which became Tropical Depression Tweleve and later Hurricane Katrina.
  • October,2005, Sub-tropical Depression Twenty-two formed on October 9 before encountering wind shear and dissapating the next day. The remnants of 22 continued to move northwest where it merged with the remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy and a cold front. The combined systems of 22 and Tammy caused the Northeast Flooding of October 2005.

(*) note- Tropical Depression 14 (1987) is not on this list becaue of the possibility of attaining tropical storm status.

[edit] Longest duration

Storm Duration # of days Basin
Tropical Depression 11W September 3-11, 1995[10] 9[10] West Pacific
Tropical Depression 1W February 23-March 2, 1996[11] 9[11] West Pacific
Tropical Depression 3W March 20-25, 2002[12] 7 [12] West Pacific
Tropical Depression 28W November 18-24, 2001[13] 7 [14] West Pacific
Tropical Depression 16-E October 15-25, 2005 [15] 6 [15] East Pacific
Tropical Depression 28W (2000) October 6-12, 2000[16] 6 [16] West Pacific
Tropical Depression 15W August 15-20, 1999[17] 6 [18] West Pacific

[edit] Death toll

Athough tropical depressions are weak storms, they can cause considerable damage and death toll by heavy rainfall, tornadoes , etc.

[edit] See also

Portal:Tropical cyclones
 Tropical cyclones Portal

[edit] References

  1. ^ Noaa 1965 report
  2. ^ Tropical Depression One (1988)
  3. ^ Tropical Depression Four (1988)
  4. ^ Tropical Depression 10 (1988)
  5. ^ Tropical Depression One (1990)
  6. ^ HPC rainfall graphic
  7. ^ 2 Tropical Depression One 1992 report
  8. ^ Tropical Depression 2 (1993) report
  9. ^ Gary Padgett report on TD-3W
  10. ^ a b 11W (1995) best track data
  11. ^ a b 1W (1996) best track data
  12. ^ a b 3W (2002) best track data
  13. ^ 28W (2001) best track data
  14. ^ 28W (2001) best track data
  15. ^ a b 16-E (2005) best track data
  16. ^ a b 28W (2000) best tracl data
  17. ^ 15W (1999) best track data
  18. ^ 15W (1999) best track data
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