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2002 Severe Tropical Storm VONGFONG (2002227N14115)


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Summary Information

Satellite image near maximum intensity
Storm ID 2002227N14115
Start Aug 14 12Z
Landfall Aug 19 12Z
Max Intensity 58 kt (Aug 19 12Z), 980 mb (Aug 19 00Z)
End Aug 20 00Z
ATCF IDs ,WP202002
Track status Best track data.

Storm track plot

Map of storm track

Intensity plots

Map of storm track

Radial wind information

Map of storm track

Position and Intensity Table

BASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO WIND WMO PRES USA WIND USA PRES TOKYO WIND TOKYO PRES CMA WIND CMA PRES HKO WIND HKO PRES
degrees north degrees east kts mb kts mb kts mb kts mb kts mb
WP 2002-08-14 12:00:00 TS 14.40 115.20 20 1004
WP 15:00:00 TS 14.40 115.09 20 1003
WP 18:00:00 TS 14.40 115.00 20 1002
WP 21:00:00 TS 14.39 114.95 20 1002
WP 2002-08-15 00:00:00 TS 14.40 114.90 20 1002
WP 03:00:00 TS 14.45 114.81 20 1003
WP 06:00:00 TS 14.17 114.33 994 20 1004 994 29 994
WP 09:00:00 TS 14.12 114.19 22 1003 993 29 994
WP 12:00:00 TS 14.23 114.03 992 25 1002 992 29 994 30 992
WP 15:00:00 TS 14.37 113.82 25 1002 992 29 994 30 992
WP 18:00:00 TS 14.50 113.70 992 25 1002 992 29 994 30 992
WP 21:00:00 TS 14.57 113.75 25 1002 992 29 994 30 992
WP 2002-08-16 00:00:00 TS 14.65 113.88 992 25 1002 992 29 995 30 992
WP 03:00:00 TS 14.82 114.07 25 1002 991 29 992 30 991
WP 06:00:00 TS 14.97 114.23 990 25 1002 990 29 990 30 990
WP 09:00:00 TS 15.04 114.22 25 1002 990 29 990 30 990
WP 12:00:00 TS 15.07 114.18 990 25 1002 990 29 990 30 990
WP 15:00:00 TS 15.12 114.23 25 998 990 29 990 30 990
WP 18:00:00 TS 15.25 114.30 990 25 995 990 29 990 30 990
WP 21:00:00 TS 15.58 114.40 25 998 990 29 990 30 990
WP 2002-08-17 00:00:00 TS 15.93 114.38 990 25 1002 990 29 990 30 990
WP 03:00:00 TS 16.11 114.05 25 998 990 29 990 30 990
WP 06:00:00 TS 16.20 113.68 990 25 994 990 29 990 30 990
WP 09:00:00 TS 16.24 113.52 27 997 990 29 990 30 990
WP 12:00:00 TS 16.25 113.43 990 30 1000 990 29 990 30 990
WP 15:00:00 TS 16.27 113.26 30 1000 990 31 989 32 989
WP 18:00:00 TS 16.30 113.08 990 30 1000 990 34 988 35 988
WP 21:00:00 TS 16.33 112.93 32 998 987 34 988 35 988
WP 2002-08-18 00:00:00 TS 16.40 112.75 35 985 35 997 35 985 34 988 35 988
WP 03:00:00 TS 16.53 112.44 35 993 37 985 36 986 37 987
WP 06:00:00 TS 16.70 112.15 40 985 35 990 40 985 38 985 40 986
WP 09:00:00 TS 16.86 112.01 35 993 40 985 38 985 42 985
WP 12:00:00 TS 17.05 111.93 40 985 35 997 40 985 38 985 45 984
WP 15:00:00 TS 17.29 111.84 40 994 40 985 38 985 45 984
WP 18:00:00 TS 17.60 111.75 40 985 45 991 40 985 38 985 45 984
WP 21:00:00 TS 17.97 111.63 45 991 40 985 41 982 45 984
WP 2002-08-19 00:00:00 TS 18.47 111.48 40 985 45 991 40 985 44 980 45 984
WP 03:00:00 TS 19.16 111.29 50 987 40 985 46 980 47 982
WP 06:00:00 TS 19.92 111.08 40 985 55 984 40 985 48 980 50 980
WP 09:00:00 TS 20.61 110.86 55 984 40 985 53 980 50 980
WP 12:00:00 TS 21.33 110.62 40 985 55 984 40 985 58 980 50 980
WP 15:00:00 TS 22.08 110.38 47 989 37 988 51 985 42 985
WP 18:00:00 TS 22.94 110.01 35 992 40 994 35 992 44 990 35 990
WP 21:00:00 TS 23.95 109.38 996 996 36 994 30 994
WP 2002-08-20 00:00:00 TS 24.97 108.13 1000 1000 29 998 25 998

Source Information

Agency Information
USA bwp202002.txt
TOKYO bst_all.txt:Line=51719:VONGFONG:214
CMA CH2002BST.txt:Storm=17:Vongfong
HKO tc-besttrack-data-current.txt:Line=29491:VONGFONG
NEWDELHI
REUNION
BOM
NADI
WELLINGTON
DS824
TD9636
TD9635
NEUMANN
MLC

All available IBTrACS Data

SEASON BASIN SUBBASIN ISO_TIME_________ NATURE LAT LON WMO WIND WMO PRES WMO AGENCY DIST2LAND LANDFALL IFLAG USA AGENCY USA ATCF_ID USA LAT USA LON USA STATUS USA WIND USA PRES USA SSHS USA R34 USA POCI USA ROCI USA RMW TOKYO LAT TOKYO LON TOKYO GRADE TOKYO WIND TOKYO PRES TOKYO R50_DIR TOKYO R30_DIR TOKYO R30_LONG TOKYO R30_SHORT TOKYO LAND CMA LAT CMA LON CMA CAT CMA WIND CMA PRES HKO LAT HKO LON HKO CAT HKO WIND HKO PRES STORM SPEED STORM DIR
Year degrees north degrees east kts mb km km degrees north degrees east kts mb 1 nmile mb nmile nmile degrees north degrees east 1 kts mb nmile nmile 1 degrees north degrees east 1 kts mb degrees north degrees east kts mb kts degrees
2002 WP MM 2002-08-14 12:00:00 TS 14.40 115.20 515 515 O_____________ jtwc_wp WP202002 14.40 115.20 TD 20 1004 -1 2 271
2002 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 14.40 115.09 525 525 P_____________ WP202002 14.40 115.09 TD 20 1003 -1 2 270
2002 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 14.40 115.00 535 535 O_____________ jtwc_wp WP202002 14.40 115.00 TD 20 1002 -1 1003 100 20 1 266
2002 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 14.39 114.95 535 535 P_____________ WP202002 14.39 114.95 TD 20 1002 -1 1003 100 20 1 270
2002 WP MM 2002-08-15 00:00:00 TS 14.40 114.90 545 541 O_____________ jtwc_wp WP202002 14.40 114.90 TD 20 1002 -1 1003 100 20 1 293
2002 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 14.45 114.81 552 549 P_____________ WP202002 14.45 114.81 TD 20 1003 -1 6 247
2002 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 14.17 114.33 994 tokyo 539 525 OOO___________ jtwc_wp WP202002 14.50 114.70 TD 20 1004 -1 13.50 113.60 2 994 0 0 0 13.50 113.60 1 29 994 7 242
2002 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 14.12 114.19 525 508 PPP___________ WP202002 14.50 114.60 TD 22 1003 -1 13.74 113.78 2 993 0 0 13.76 113.78 1 29 994 3 282
2002 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 14.23 114.03 992 tokyo 508 488 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 14.50 114.50 TD 25 1002 -1 1005 100 65 14.00 113.80 2 992 0 0 0 14.00 113.80 1 29 994 14.50 113.50 TD 30 992 4 304
2002 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 14.37 113.82 488 477 PPPP__________ WP202002 14.54 114.39 TD 25 1002 -1 1005 100 65 14.28 113.59 2 992 0 0 14.22 113.59 1 29 994 14.49 113.60 TD 30 992 4 311
2002 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 14.50 113.70 992 tokyo 479 479 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 14.60 114.30 TD 25 1002 -1 1005 100 65 14.50 113.40 2 992 0 0 0 14.40 113.40 1 29 994 14.50 113.70 TD 30 992 2 342
2002 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 14.57 113.75 480 480 PPPP__________ WP202002 14.65 114.24 TD 25 1002 -1 1005 100 45 14.53 113.48 2 992 0 0 14.56 113.47 1 29 994 14.53 113.79 TD 30 992 2 48
2002 WP MM 2002-08-16 00:00:00 TS 14.65 113.88 992 tokyo 503 502 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 14.70 114.20 TD 25 1002 -1 1005 100 25 14.60 113.70 2 992 0 0 0 14.70 113.70 1 29 995 14.60 113.90 TD 30 992 4 51
2002 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 14.82 114.07 527 527 PPPP__________ WP202002 14.73 114.15 TD 25 1002 -1 1005 100 25 14.97 114.04 2 991 0 0 14.87 114.02 1 29 992 14.69 114.05 TD 30 991 5 46
2002 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 14.97 114.23 990 tokyo 542 542 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 14.80 114.10 TD 25 1002 -1 1005 100 25 15.30 114.30 2 990 0 0 0 15.00 114.30 1 29 990 14.80 114.20 TD 30 990 3 33
2002 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 15.04 114.22 542 542 PPPP__________ WP202002 14.94 114.04 TD 25 1002 -1 1005 100 25 15.26 114.17 2 990 0 0 15.01 114.34 1 29 990 14.94 114.32 TD 30 990 1 343
2002 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 15.07 114.18 990 tokyo 544 544 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 15.10 114.00 TD 25 1002 -1 1005 100 25 15.10 114.00 2 990 0 0 0 15.00 114.30 1 29 990 15.10 114.40 TD 30 990 1 0
2002 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 15.12 114.23 544 544 PPPP__________ WP202002 15.24 114.00 TD 25 998 -1 1001 110 25 14.95 114.11 2 990 0 0 15.05 114.34 1 29 990 15.23 114.47 TD 30 990 2 35
2002 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 15.25 114.30 990 tokyo 560 547 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 15.40 114.00 TD 25 995 -1 998 120 25 15.00 114.30 2 990 0 0 0 15.20 114.40 1 29 990 15.40 114.50 TD 30 990 5 19
2002 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 15.58 114.40 547 525 PPPP__________ WP202002 15.61 113.97 TD 25 998 -1 1000 120 25 15.53 114.55 2 990 0 0 15.53 114.58 1 29 990 15.65 114.50 TD 30 990 7 6
2002 WP MM 2002-08-17 00:00:00 TS 15.93 114.38 990 tokyo 525 486 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 15.80 113.90 TD 25 1002 -1 1003 120 25 16.10 114.60 2 990 0 0 0 15.90 114.60 1 29 990 15.90 114.40 TD 30 990 6 328
2002 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 16.11 114.05 478 447 PPPP__________ WP202002 15.92 113.81 TD 25 998 -1 1000 120 25 16.29 114.13 2 990 0 0 16.15 114.14 1 29 990 16.08 114.12 TD 30 990 7 292
2002 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 16.20 113.68 990 tokyo 447 431 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 16.00 113.70 TD 25 994 -1 998 120 25 16.30 113.60 2 990 0 0 0 16.30 113.60 1 29 990 16.20 113.80 TD 30 990 5 285
2002 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 16.24 113.52 431 423 PPPP__________ WP202002 16.06 113.56 TD 27 997 -1 999 120 25 16.26 113.53 2 990 0 0 16.38 113.37 1 29 990 16.26 113.63 TD 30 990 2 282
2002 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 16.25 113.43 990 tokyo 415 407 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 16.10 113.40 TD 30 1000 -1 1001 120 25 16.20 113.50 2 990 0 0 0 16.40 113.30 1 29 990 16.30 113.50 TD 30 990 3 277
2002 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 16.27 113.26 407 392 PPPP__________ WP202002 16.14 113.21 TD 30 1000 -1 1001 120 25 16.19 113.17 2 990 0 0 16.40 113.30 1 31 989 16.36 113.35 TD 32 989 3 278
2002 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 16.30 113.08 990 tokyo 392 377 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 16.20 113.00 TD 30 1000 -1 1001 120 25 16.20 112.80 2 990 0 0 0 16.40 113.30 2 34 988 16.40 113.20 TS 35 988 3 281
2002 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 16.33 112.93 377 361 PPPP__________ WP202002 16.28 112.80 TD 32 998 -1 1001 120 25 16.22 112.63 2 987 0 0 16.43 113.20 2 34 988 16.38 113.09 TS 35 988 3 288
2002 WP MM 2002-08-18 00:00:00 TS 16.40 112.75 35 985 tokyo 361 331 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 16.40 112.60 TS 35 997 0 1001 120 25 16.30 112.50 3 35 985 0 9 260 260 0 16.50 113.00 2 34 988 16.40 112.90 TS 35 988 5 293
2002 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 16.53 112.44 324 294 PPPP__________ WP202002 16.52 112.39 TS 35 993 0 999 120 25 16.49 112.24 3 37 985 0 9 265 265 16.59 112.65 2 36 986 16.53 112.49 TS 37 987 7 298
2002 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 16.70 112.15 40 985 tokyo 294 271 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 16.70 112.20 TS 35 990 0 998 120 25 16.70 112.00 3 40 985 0 9 270 270 0 16.70 112.30 2 38 985 16.70 112.10 TS 40 986 5 308
2002 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 16.86 112.01 263 247 PPPP__________ WP202002 16.97 112.04 TS 35 993 0 998 120 25 16.78 111.88 3 40 985 0 9 270 270 16.83 112.10 2 38 985 16.84 112.00 TS 42 985 4 328
2002 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 17.05 111.93 40 985 tokyo 239 215 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 17.30 111.90 TS 35 997 0 998 120 25 16.90 111.80 3 40 985 0 9 270 270 0 17.00 112.00 2 38 985 17.00 112.00 TS 45 984 5 340
2002 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 17.29 111.84 215 192 PPPP__________ WP202002 17.63 111.79 TS 40 994 0 997 105 25 17.21 111.66 3 40 985 0 9 270 270 17.14 111.95 2 38 985 17.16 111.96 TS 45 984 6 343
2002 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 17.60 111.75 40 985 tokyo 192 153 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 18.00 111.70 TS 45 991 0 50,60,60,50 997 90 25 17.60 111.50 3 40 985 0 9 270 270 0 17.40 111.90 2 38 985 17.40 111.90 TS 45 984 7 344
2002 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 17.97 111.63 146 114 PPPP__________ WP202002 18.43 111.61 TS 45 991 0 50,60,60,50 997 90 25 17.88 111.34 3 40 985 0 9 270 270 17.87 111.78 2 41 982 17.70 111.78 TS 45 984 9 343
2002 WP MM 2002-08-19 00:00:00 TS 18.47 111.48 40 985 tokyo 110 61 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 18.90 111.50 TS 45 991 0 50,60,60,50 997 90 25 18.30 111.20 3 40 985 0 9 270 270 0 18.50 111.60 2 44 980 18.20 111.60 TS 45 984 12 345
2002 WP MM 03:00:00 TS 19.16 111.29 53 15 PPPP__________ WP202002 19.36 111.31 TS 50 987 0 55,65,65,55 997 110 22 19.05 111.11 3 40 985 0 9 260 210 19.24 111.37 2 46 980 19.00 111.37 TS 47 982 15 345
2002 WP MM 06:00:00 TS 19.92 111.08 40 985 tokyo 20 15 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 19.90 111.10 TS 55 984 0 60,70,70,60 997 130 20 19.90 111.00 3 40 985 0 3 250 150 0 20.00 111.10 3 48 980 19.90 111.10 STS 50 980 15 345
2002 WP MM 09:00:00 TS 20.61 110.86 43 0 PPPP__________ WP202002 20.55 110.91 TS 55 984 0 60,70,70,60 997 130 20 20.59 110.83 3 40 985 0 3 250 150 20.65 110.86 3 53 980 20.66 110.86 STS 50 980 15 343
2002 WP MM 12:00:00 TS 21.33 110.62 40 985 tokyo 0 0 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 21.30 110.70 TS 55 984 0 60,70,70,60 997 130 20 21.30 110.60 3 40 985 0 3 250 150 0 21.30 110.60 3 58 980 21.40 110.60 STS 50 980 16 343
2002 WP MM 15:00:00 TS 22.08 110.38 0 0 PPPP__________ WP202002 22.13 110.42 TS 47 989 0 22.08 110.31 3 37 988 0 3 145 90 22.00 110.40 3 51 985 22.15 110.39 STS 42 985 17 341
2002 WP MM 18:00:00 TS 22.94 110.01 35 992 tokyo 0 0 OOOO__________ jtwc_wp WP202002 23.00 110.10 TS 40 994 0 23.00 110.00 3 35 992 0 3 40 30 0 22.80 110.00 2 44 990 23.00 110.00 TS 35 990 21 334
2002 WP MM 21:00:00 TS 23.95 109.38 996 tokyo 0 0 _OPP__________ WP202002 TS -5 24.10 109.70 2 996 0 0 0 23.76 109.18 2 36 994 24.00 109.26 TS 30 994 27 320
2002 WP MM 2002-08-20 00:00:00 TS 24.97 108.13 1000 tokyo 0 _OOO__________ -5 25.00 108.00 2 1000 0 0 0 24.80 108.10 1 29 998 25.10 108.30 TD 25 998 30 312