1950-1959 Pacific typhoon seasons
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The decade of the 1950s featured the 1950-1959 Pacific typhoon seasons. The seasons had no official bounds, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1950-1959 Pacific hurricane seasons. Tropical storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the North Pacific Typhoon Warning Service, Fleet Weather Center, or Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.
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[edit] 1950 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Jane struck the island of Shikoku in Japan on the 3rd of September. The resulting flooding and landslides killed 539 people.[1]
Typhoon Fran was a late season storm that struck the northern Philippines killing 5 people.[1]
[edit] 1950 storm names
The names Helene, Jane, Kezia, Lucretia, Missatha, Ossia, and Petie were retired after this year and replaced with Helen, June, Kathy, Lorna, Marie, Olga, and Pamela. The name Delilah was also retired after this year.
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[edit] 1951 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Ruth struck Japan on October 15, killing 943 people and destroying 34,000 buildings.
Typhoon Amy was a strong late season storm that struck the Central Philippines with top winds of 140 mph. Amy first struck land on the 9th of December on eastern Samar Island before moving across Leyte, Cebu, Negros Occidental and Northern Palawan. Amy then stalled over Northern Palawan for two days before passing into the South China Sea. Resulting floods and landslides from Typhoon Amy killed 991 people. [2]
[edit] 1951 storm names
The names Ora and Pat were retired after this year.
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[edit] 1952 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Dinah struck to the west of the Kanto Region in Japan. 65 people were killed and 70 were missing.[3]
Typhoon Trix struck the central Philippines with winds of 140 mph. Trix struck the Legaspi region hard killing 995 people.[4]
On October 26, ten people were lost when a USAF WB-29 disappeared during a flight into Super Typhoon Wilma.[5]
[edit] 1952 storm names
The names Jeanne, Lois, Nona, Vae and Wilma were retired after this year.
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[edit] 1953 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Judy struck the Southern Japanese island of Kyūshū. 37 people were killed and 15 were missing.[3]
Nina was a major storm with minimum central pressure around 885 mb. It made landfall in China as a category 3 tropical cyclone.
Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. 393 people were killed and 85 were missing.[3]
[edit] 1953 storm names
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[edit] 1954 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Grace struck the Southern Japanese islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku. 28 people were killed and 33 were missing.[3]
Typhoon June struck the Southern Japanese hitting the area west of Kanto especially hard. 107 people were killed and 39 were missing.[3]
Typhoon Lorna brushed the southern coast of the Japanese island of Shikoku. 34 people were killed and 20 were missing.[3]
Typhoon Marie had a minimum pressure of 956 mb and a maximum windspeeds of 85 mph. Marie crossed the southern islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku before turning northeast and striking Hokkaidō island. Marie caused the ship Toya Maru to sink in the Hokkaidō Strait. 1,361 people were killed and 400 were left missing.[3]
[edit] 1954 storm names
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[edit] 1955 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Louise struck the western Kyūshū Island in southern Japan. 54 people were killed and 14 were missing.[3]
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[edit] 1956 Pacific typhoon season
In April, Typhoon Thelma struck Japan.
Typhoon Babs struck the western Kyūshū Island in southern Japan. 33 people were killed and 3 were missing.[3]
- Main article: Typhoon Emma
Emma was a powerful mid-season typhoon that struck the U.S. held island of Okinawa and South Korea. The typhoon killed 64 people with 35 missing and left millions in damage.
A moderately powerful typhoon, Harriet brought heavy rains and 110mph winds to Japan. The typhoon destroyed 600 buildings and killed 38 people. Harriett then crossed the Sea of Japan before making a second landfall in South Korea. There the storm brought heavy rains and gusty winds before dissipating. Harriet killed 53 people and left $50 million dollars (1956) dollars in damage.
A weak December typhoon, Polly brought 100 mph winds and 11inch rains to the Philippines on December 13. The typhoon killed 79 people and left $2.5 million dollars (1956) dollars in damage.
[edit] 1956 storm names
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[edit] 1957 Pacific typhoon season
The 1957 season was fairly active, with 17 typhoons, of which six reached supertyphoon status. Typhoon Virginia in June killed 86 people and caused $80 million in damage when it struck Taiwan and southern Japan. Typhoon Faye in September resulted in heavy damage and killed over 50 people on Okinawa.
[edit] 1958 Pacific typhoon season
The 1958 season included 23 named storms. The first storm of the season, Ophelia, crashed a recon flight into the storm on January 15.[6] In May, Typhoon Phyllis attained a peak of 185 mph, the strongest typhoon ever in the month of May.[7] Typhoon Alice caused 41 deaths and heavy damage after hitting southeastern Japan on July 22.[8] Later, Typhoon Ida reached peak winds of 200 mph on September 24 with a record low pressure (at the time) of 877 mbar.[9] It caused extensive mudslides in Japan, killed 888 people, and left 500,000 people homeless.[10][3]
[edit] 1959 Pacific typhoon season
The 1959 Pacific typhoon season featured 24 tropical cyclones, though operationally 59 total areas of investigation were classified by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC);[11] three systems were handled by the responsibility of FWB at Pearl Harbor and the USWB at Honolulu. Three systems were questionable due to lack of reconnaissance aircraft use. In total, the season featured 65 tropical cyclones and areas of investigation operationally, including central Pacific Hurricane Patsy, which was operationally believed to have crossed the International Date Line into the western Pacific.[11] The first annual tropical cyclone report for the western North Pacific Ocean was issued by the agency.[11]
Of the 23 tropical cyclones and 65 total areas of investigation, 17 storms attained typhoon status, which was below the yearly average of 19.[11] At least nine other tropical systems never exceeded tropical storm intensity operationally. Most of the systems were noted to have developed within the typical spawning grounds for typhoons originating from easterly waves within the Intertropical Convergence Zone; the exceptions were Ellen and Georgia which developed from cold-core troughs extending southward into the tropical latitudes.[11] Of the 17 typhoons that formed, five were first detected within 300 miles (500 km) of the island of Guam. Three of the typhoons developed at a slow rate, while three others rapidly intensified to typhoon status within hours. Only four typhoons were small in diameter, while at least three typhoons developed to large sizes and became the dominant tropical features during the season.[11] Two of the typhoons — Joan and Vera — featured sea-level pressures below 900 millibars and were the most intense tropical cyclones during the season, each featuring winds of 190 mph (305 km/h) or greater.[11][12] Of the total number of typhoons, 215 reconnaissance missions were flown into the storms, including 3,799 observations and 391 total fixes. The average track error for each advisory for storms during the season was 63.9 miles (102.8 km) for 12-hour forecasts and 301.6 miles (485.4 km) for 48-hour forecasts.[11]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Pagasa - Dost - Dost Service Institutes
- ^ Typhoon2000.com..::10 WORST TYPHOONS OF THE PHILIPPINES (A SUMMARY)..::
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Digital Typhoon: Disaster Information
- ^ ::..Typhoon2000.com: 30 Worst Typhoons of the Philippines (1947-2002)..::
- ^ Deadly Hurricane Hunter Flights
- ^ Deadly Hurricane Hunter Flights
- ^ 1958 Best Track
- ^ Deadly Typhoon Information
- ^ Camille Info
- ^ Time.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 1959 Annual Typhoon Report. 1959 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
- ^ Unisys. 1959 Pacific typhoon season. 1959 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific. Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
