2000-01 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season
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The 2000-01 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season ran from July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001. These dates generally delimit the period of time when tropical cyclones form in the southern hemisphere.
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[edit] Australia
[edit] Cyclone Sam
Cyclone Sam was an intense Category 5 cyclone that did heavy damage cross northwestern Australia. The cyclone damaged a train station and knocked down trees. There were no deaths.
[edit] Cyclone Terri
Terri formed on January 28, 2001 near the northern Kimberley coast. The storm paralleled the coast, reaching category 2 strength before making landfall near Pardoo on January 31. The storm dissipated on February 1.[1]
[edit] Cyclone Vincent
Cyclone Vincent formed on February 12, 2001, 900 km northwest of Onslow, Western Australia from an active monsoonal trough. Wind shear prevented the tropical low from intensifying for a few days, but once the storm formed it began to move southeast and intensify. Soon it intensified into a Category 2 cyclone. Wind shear soon became stronger and Cyclone Vincent weakened to a Category 1 cyclone. Cyclone Vincent crossed the Western Australia coast as a tropical low, a few km south of Broome, Western Australia.
[edit] Cyclone Wylva
Tropical Cyclone Wylva hit the coast of Australia in February 2001. Although it was a weak Category 1 cyclone when it peaked in strength, it caused heavy damage when it made landfall. Heavy rain produced a record-breaking flood, which washed down the Victoria River[citation needed]. Damages were worth $13 million dollars and 700 people were evacuated from the dangerous flood waters.[citation needed]
[edit] Cyclone Abigail
On February 24, 2001, Cyclone Abigail formed about 80 km northeast of Cairns, Australia. It then made landfall in Queensland as a Category 1 storm.
[edit] Cyclone Alistair
The second most damaging cyclone of the 2000-01 Cyclone season, Alistair made landfall close to Carnarvon on April 24, 2001 as a poorly organized cyclone. The centre passed just to the north of town with a wind gust to 67 kilometres per hour from the northeast recorded at 4:11 am. Minimum pressure of 1002.9 hPa was recorded at 5 am, followed by the peak recorded wind gust of 90 kilometres per hour from the southeast at 6 am. A total of 24 mm of rainfall was reported in Carnarvon. Plantations to the north of Carnarvon reported 30-40 % crop losses, with wind estimates of 100 to 110 kilometres per hour. [2]
