1992 Pacific typhoon season

1992 Pacific typhoon season
First storm formed January 5, 1992
Last storm dissipated December 1, 1992
Strongest storm Gay – 872 hPa (mbar), 295 km/h (185 mph) (1-minute sustained)
Tropical depressions 32
Total storms 32
Typhoons 21
Super typhoons 5
Total fatalities Unknown
Total damage Unknown
Pacific typhoon seasons
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

The 1992 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1992. Despite this, most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November.[1] 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 formed north of the equator and east of the Date Line in 1992 are part of the 1992 Pacific hurricane season. In the West Pacific basin, tropical depressions have the "W" suffix added to their number. Storms reaching tropical storm intensity of 34 kn (63 km/h) sustained winds were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Storms with sustained winds exceeding 64 knots (119 km/h) are called typhoons, while intense typhoons with sustained winds exceeding 130 knots (240 km/h) are designated super typhoons by the JTWC (see tropical cyclone scales).

Furthermore, tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine Area of Responsibility are assigned an internal name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). This can often result in the same storm having two names.

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Storms

There were a total of 33 tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific in 1992. 32 of these formed within the basin, and 1 storm, Tropical Storm Ekeka, formed in the Central Pacific basin, crossing the Date Line to enter the Western Pacific. Out of the 33, 32 became named tropical storms, 21 reached typhoon intensity, and 5 reached super typhoon strength. Storms are listed in numerical ascending order by their JTWC tropical depression numbers except for Ekeka, and not in alphabetical order of names. Thus, Tropical Storm Zack (22W) is listed before Super Typhoon Yvette (23W).

Typhoon Axel

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration January 5 – January 15
Intensity 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min),  972 mbar (hPa)

Severe Tropical Storm Ekeka

Main article: Hurricane Ekeka (1992)
Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration February 3 (Entered basin) – February 4
Intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min),  985 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Bobbie (Asiang)

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration June 22 – June 30
Intensity 220 km/h (140 mph) (1-min),  922 mbar (hPa)

Throughout Japan, damage reached 371.8 million yen ($2.9 million).

Typhoon Chuck (Biring)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration June 24 – June 30
Intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  964 mbar (hPa)

When 90 mph (140 km/h) Typhoon Chuck hit southern Hainan Island and northern Vietnam on June 28 and 29, it brought heavy flooding.

At least seven people were killed by Typhoon Chuck and nine others were reported missing. Damage in China amounted to $36.4 million.

Tropical Storm Deanna

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration June 26 – July 3
Intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min),  994 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Eli (Konsing)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration July 9 – July 14
Intensity 140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min),  968 mbar (hPa)

One person was killed and eight others were reported missing when the storm moved through the Philippines. Extensive damage took place in China with losses amounting to $235 million.

Tropical Storm Faye (Ditang)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration July 15 – July 18
Intensity 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min),  984 mbar (hPa)

Two people were killed in Hong Kong.

Typhoon Gary (Edeng)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration July 9 – July 14
Intensity 120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min),  976 mbar (hPa)

At least 48 people were killed by Typhoon Gary. Extensive damage took place in China with losses reaching $940 million.

Tropical Storm Helen

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration July 26 – July 28
Intensity 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  991 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Irving

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration July 31 – August 4
Intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  975 mbar (hPa)

Three people were killed and damage reached 64 million yen ($835,000).

Typhoon Janis

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration August 2 – August 9
Intensity 215 km/h (130 mph) (1-min),  927 mbar (hPa)

In Japan, Typhoon Janis killed two people and injured 41 others. Total losses from the storm reached 5.8 billion yen ($45.6 million).

Super Typhoon Kent

Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration August 5 – August 20
Intensity 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min),  910 mbar (hPa)

Before reaching Japan, large waves produced by the storm swept five people out to sea.

Tropical Storm Lois (Gloring)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration August 15 – August 18
Intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min),  994 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Mark

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration August 15 – August 21
Intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min),  987 mbar (hPa)

One person was killed and another reported missing. Losses reached $10.4 million.

Tropical Storm Nina

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration August 18 – August 21
Intensity 85 km/h (50 mph) (1-min),  992 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Omar (Lusing)

Main article: Typhoon Omar
Category 4 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration August 24 – September 5
Intensity 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min),  910 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Omar was a destructive storm to Guam, causing over a foot of rain there, amounting to $702 million in damage (2008 USD) but no deaths. In Taiwan, the storm caused 2 deaths and heavy rainfall. The name Omar was retired after this season.

Tropical Storm Polly (Isang)

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration August 25 – September 1
Intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (1-min),  987 mbar (hPa)

Developing to Omar's west, Polly began its life on August 23 and reached tropical storm strength on the 26th. As a developing monsoon depression, it had a large outflow. Polly retained that throughout its lifetime, inhibiting intensification past 60 mph (97 km/h) winds. On the 30th, the storm hit southeastern Taiwan, and on the 31st it hit China.

Torrential rains produced by Tropical Storm Polly triggered devastating floods that killed 202 people and injured hundreds more. More than 5 million people were left homeless across Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces in China. Total losses from the storm were roughly $450 million.

Typhoon Ryan

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration August 31 – September 11
Intensity 215 km/h (130 mph) (1-min),  927 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Sibyl

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration September 7 – September 15
Intensity 205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min),  933 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Ted (Maring)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration September 17 – September 24
Intensity 120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min),  976 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Ted, having developed on September 14, stalled off northern Luzon on the 20th. It turned northward, and hit southern Taiwan on the 22nd as a minimal typhoon. Ted weakened to a tropical storm over the island, and hit eastern China on the 23rd. It turned to the northeast, hit South Korea, and became extratropical on the 24th.

At least 61 people were killed by Typhoon Ted and 51 others were reported missing. Losses from the storm reached $360 million in China.

Tropical Storm Val

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration September 22 – September 27
Intensity 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min),  984 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Ward

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration September 26 – October 6
Intensity 175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min),  949 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Yvette

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration October 7 – October 17
Intensity 285 km/h (180 mph) (1-min),  878 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Zack

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration October 7 – October 15
Intensity 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min),  993 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Angela

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration October 15 – October 29
Intensity 165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min),  954 mbar (hPa)

At least 49 people were killed by Typhoon Angela, mostly in Vietnam, while 14 others were reported missing.

Typhoon Brian

Category 2 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration October 17 – October 24
Intensity 175 km/h (110 mph) (1-min),  949 mbar (hPa)

Brian caused small damage in Guam.

No deaths were reported.

Typhoon Colleen (Paring)

Category 1 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration October 17 – October 28
Intensity 150 km/h (90 mph) (1-min),  963 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Dan

Category 3 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration October 24 – November 3
Intensity 205 km/h (125 mph) (1-min),  933 mbar (hPa)

Super Typhoon Elsie

Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration October 29 – November 7
Intensity 270 km/h (165 mph) (1-min),  892 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Depression 29W

Tropical depression (SSHS)
Duration October 31 – November 2
Intensity 45 km/h (30 mph) (1-min),  1002 mbar (hPa)

On October 30, a tropical disturbance began to form west of the International Date Line. The JTWC then issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert late the next day as the system moved westward and started warnings on Tropical Depression 29W on November 1. However, intensification was severely inhibited by outflow from nearby Typhoon Dan, and the depression failed to develop. It passed within 30 nm (55 km) of Wake Island, causing a minor pressure dip and gusts to 32 kt (60 km/h). No damage was reported, due to the relative weakness of 29W as compared to Dan, which ravaged the island 3 days earlier. The depression dissipated on November 2 over open ocean.[2]

Tropical Storm Forrest

Tropical storm (SSHS)
Duration November 12 – November 22
Intensity 100 km/h (65 mph) (1-min),  984 mbar (hPa)

On November 8 a tropical depression formed from the monsoon trough east of the Philippines. It crossed the islands, and strengthened to a tropical storm in the South China Sea on the 12th. Forrest continued westward until hitting and crossing the Malay Peninsula on the 15th. It reached a peak of 145 mph (233 km/h) winds in the Bay of Bengal before hitting Myanmar on the 21st. Its history in the Indian Ocean can be found in its seasonal article.

At least two people were killed by Tropical Storm Forrest and 31 others were reported missing after a ship capsized.

Super Typhoon Gay

Main article: Typhoon Gay (1992)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS)
Duration November 13 – December 1
Intensity 295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min),  872 mbar (hPa)

Typhoon Gay was the strongest and longest-lasting storm of the season, forming on November 13 near the International Date Line. As it moved to the west, Gay steadily intensified and moved through the Marshall Islands as an intensifying typhoon. After passing through the country, it intensified its peak intensity over open waters. The JTWC estimated peak winds of 305 km/h (190 mph) and a minimum barometric pressure of 872 mb (25.8 inHg). However, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), which is the official warning center in the western Pacific, estimated winds of 205 km/h (125 mph), with a pressure of 900 mbar (27 inHg). Typhoon Gay weakened rapidly after peaking due to interaction with another typhoon, and it struck Guam with winds of 160 km/h (100 mph) on November 23. The typhoon briefly re-intensified, although it weakened as it turned toward Japan and became extratropical on November 29.[3][4]

The typhoon first affected the Marshall Islands, where 5,000 people were left homeless and heavy crop damage was reported. The nation's capital of Majuro lost power during the storm and experienced power and water outages. No Marshall Islands citizens were killed,[3] although the typhoon killed a sailor who was traveling around the world.[5] When Gay struck Guam, it became the sixth typhoon of the year to affect the island. Most of the weaker structures were destroyed during Typhoon Omar earlier in the year. Due to its substantial weakening, Gay had a disrupted inner-core that dropped minimal rainfall, which caused extensive defoliation of plants due to salt water scorching. Further north, the typhoon destroyed a house on Saipan from high waves.[3]

Typhoon Hunt

Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Duration November 16 – November 21
Intensity 230 km/h (145 mph) (1-min),  916 mbar (hPa)

The last storm of the year formed on November 16 and dissipated on November 21.

Storm names

Tropical cyclones in the Western North Pacific were named by the JTWC. The first storm of 1992 was named Axel and the final one was named Hunt. The name Omar was retired after this season and replaced by Oscar.

  • Angela 24W
  • Brian 25W
  • Colleen 26W
  • Dan 27W
  • Elsie 28W
  • Forrest 30W
  • Gay 31W
  • Hunt 32W
  • Irma
  • Jack
  • Koryn
  • Lewis
  • Marian
  • Nathan
  • Ofelia
  • Percy
  • Robyn
  • Steve
  • Tasha
  • Vernon
  • Winona
  • Yancy
  • Zola
  • Abe
  • Becky
  • Cecil
  • Dot
  • Ed
  • Flo
  • Gene
  • Hattie
  • Ira
  • Jeana
  • Kyle
  • Lola
  • Manny
  • Nell
  • Owen
  • Page
  • Russ
  • Sharon
  • Tim
  • Vanessa
  • Walt
  • Yunya
  • Zeke
  • Amy
  • Brendan
  • Caitlin
  • Doug
  • Ellie
  • Fred
  • Gladys
  • Harry
  • Ivy
  • Joel
  • Kinna
  • Luke
  • Melissa
  • Nat
  • Orchid
  • Pat
  • Ruth
  • Seth
  • Teresa
  • Verne
  • Wilda
  • Yuri
  • Zelda
  • Axel 01W
  • Bobbie 02W
  • Chuck 03W
  • Deanna 04W
  • Eli 05W
  • Faye 06W
  • Gary 07W
  • Helen 08W
  • Irving 09W
  • Janis 10W
  • Kent 11W
  • Lois 12W
  • Mark 13W
  • Nina 14W
  • Omar 15W
  • Polly 16W
  • Ryan 17W
  • Sibyl 18W
  • Ted 19W
  • Val 20W
  • Ward 21W
  • Yvette 23W
  • Zack 22W

One storm which formed in the Central Pacific basin, Hurricane Ekeka (01C), crossed into the Western Pacific basin as a tropical storm, keeping its original name and "C" suffix.

Philippines

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) used its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones within its area of responsibility. Lists were recycled every four years. This was the list set for 1992.[6] This is the same list used for the 1988 season, except for Ulpiang and Yerling which replaced Unsang and Yonang respectively.

  • Asiang
  • Biring
  • Konsing 05W
  • Ditang
  • Edeng
  • Gloring
  • Huaning
  • Isang
  • Lusing 15W
  • Maring
  • Ningning
  • Osang
  • Paring
  • Reming (unused)
  • Seniang (unused)
  • Toyang (unused)
  • Ulpiang (unused)
  • Welpring (unused)
  • Yerling (unused)
  • Aring (unused)
  • Basiang (unused)
  • Kayang (unused)
  • Dorang (unused)
  • Enang (unused)
  • Grasing (unused)

See also

References

  1. ^ Gary Padgett (2003-08-17). "May 2003 Global Tropical Cyclone Summary". http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/may03sum.txt. Retrieved 2006-08-26. 
  2. ^ Elizabeth B. Borelli (1993). "Tropical Depression 29W" (PDF). 1992 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report. Joint Typhoon Warning Center. http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1992atcr/pdf/wnp/29w.pdf. 
  3. ^ a b c "1992 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report" (PDF). Joint Typhoon Warning Center. http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1992atcr.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-28. 
  4. ^ Japan Meteorological Agency (1992-12-25). "RSMC Best Track Data - 1990-1999" (TXT). http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/Besttracks/bst9099.txt. Retrieved 2011-11-28. 
  5. ^ Sherryl Connelly (1999-06-03). "A Lady In Distress ... And The Lover Who Threw Her Cautions To The Wind". New York Daily News. http://articles.nydailynews.com/1999-06-03/entertainment/18095771_1_dark-wind-lover-high-seas. Retrieved 2011-12-05. 
  6. ^ Michael Padua. "Old PAGASA Names". http://www.typhoon2000.ph/oldPAGASAnames.jpg. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 

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