2001 Pacific typhoon season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=WPac
Year=2001
Track=2001 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg
First storm formed=May 11, 2001
Last storm dissipated=December 27, 2001
Strongest storm name=Faxai
Strongest storm winds=105
Strongest storm pressure=915
Average wind speed=10
Total storms=26 official, 3 unofficial
Total hurricanes=16
Total intense=3 (unofficial)
Fatalities=737
five seasons=1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003|}The 2001 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 2001, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. [http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/may03sum.txt] 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 2001 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin are assigned a name by the Tokyo Typhoon 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.

torms

In storm information below, wind-speed advisories differ from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) to the JMA as the JTWC uses the United States criteria of 1-minute mean to designate maximum sustained winds, while the JMA uses the 10-minute mean wind criterion to designate tropical cyclone maximum sustained gusts. This difference generally results in JTWC maximum winds appearing higher than the maximum winds described by the JMA for the same cyclone.

evere Tropical Storm Cimaron (Crising)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Cimaron 2001 track.pngFormed=May 11]
Dissipated=May 14
10-min winds=50
1-min winds=60
Pressure=985

Typhoon Chebi (Emong)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Chebi 2001 track.pngFormed=June 20
Dissipated=June 24
10-min winds=65
1-min winds=100
Pressure=965Tropical Depression 04W formed on June 9 near Palau where it moved westward and strengthened into Tropical Storm Chebi six hours later. Chebi then moved generally west-northwest and then to the northwest as the tropical storm passed north of the Philippines on June 21 and entered the Luzon Strait on June 23 as a Category 1 typhoon. Later on the 23rd Chebi reached a peak intensity of 85 knots (160 km/h, 100 mph) as the center of the storm was convert|75|mi|km south of Taiwan. A trough forced Chebi west and northwest where it made landfall near Fuzhou City, China. Chebi then weakened and accelerated to the north then northeast, passing southeast of Shanghai before exiting back out to sea. The JMA and other weather centers stopped issuing advisories when the remnants of Chebi dissipated in the eastern Pacific.

Chebi killed 82 people, mostly in China, and left $422 million dollars (2001 USD, $457 million (2005 USD). Chebi's heavy rains and strong winds left nine people dead, 28 missing and $13 million (2001 USD) in damage in the Philippines. Four of the nine were from a Belizian freighter that sank during the storm. [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:B1Z3B7KbI6kJ:www.japantoday.com/gidx/news37918.html+Typhoon+Chebi+,+Taiwan&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4] The Penghu Islands, which took the brunt of the typhoon, suffered considerable damage as 102 fishing boats sank and ten thousand people were left without power. The storm also crippled ground and air traffic. [ [http://www.china.org.cn/english/15147.htm Five Killed, 28 Missing in Taiwan ] ] A rain laden typhoon, Chebi produced 100 millimeters of rain across Guangdong. [ [http://english.people.com.cn/english/200106/28/eng20010628_73687.html Typhoon Chebi Brings Rainstorm for Guangdong ] ] About 73 people were killed in China, most of them in the southeastern province of Fujian. [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:9R6lRuW8kScJ:www.japantoday.com/gidx/news37987.html+Typhoon+Chebi+,+Taiwan&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3] The storm also destroyed several thousand acres of crops, resulting in economic losses. In Ningde, about 321,400 houses were destroyed by the typhoon. [ [http://english.people.com.cn/english/200106/26/eng20010626_73503.html Typhoon Chebi Savages Fujian, At Least 79 Killed ] ] About 22 people were killed in Hangzhou when a landslide burst through a construction wall. [http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:DfQeL6g0UJAJ:english.pravda.ru/world/2001/06/27/8836.html+Typhoon+Chebi&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=13]

evere Tropical Storm Durian

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Durian 2001 track.pngFormed=June 30
Dissipated=July 2
10-min winds=60
1-min winds=75
Pressure=97078 casualties and $446 million (2001 USD) in damage can be attributed to Typhoon Durian hitting southern China on July 1 as an convert|85|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on typhoon. The name Durian was submitted by Thailand and refers to a Southeast Asian fruit of the same name.

evere Tropical Storm Utor (Feria)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Utor 2001 track.pngFormed=July 2
Dissipated=July 6
10-min winds=60
1-min winds=80
Pressure=960Severe Tropical Storm Utor, which developed on June 30 east of the Philippines, brushed northern Luzon on the 4th as a convert|90|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on typhoon. It continued west-northwestward to hit southeastern China on the 6th. Utor, while not a very strong storm, brought heavy rain amounting to $297.2 million (2001 USD) in damage, as well as causing 144 fatalities.

Tropical Storm Trami (Gorio)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Trami 2001 track.pngFormed=July 10
Dissipated=July 11
10-min winds=40
1-min winds=40
Pressure=994

Typhoon Kong-rey

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Kong-Rey 2001 track.pngFormed=July 22
Dissipated=July 29
10-min winds=70
1-min winds=85
Pressure=955

evere Tropical Storm Yutu (Huaning)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Yutu 2001 track.pngFormed=July 23
Dissipated=July 26
10-min winds=55
1-min winds=85
Pressure=975

Typhoon Toraji (Isang)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Toraji 2001 track.pngFormed=July 27
Dissipated=July 30
10-min winds=75
1-min winds=100
Pressure=960On July 29, convert|115|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on Typhoon Toraji hit eastern Taiwan and continued westward to make landfall on southeast China on the July 30. Toraji caused numerous mudslides on Taiwan, causing 72 casualties and $128 million in damage, the deadliest since 1961.

Typhoon Man-Yi

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Man-Yi 2001 track.pngFormed=August 2
Dissipated=August 9
10-min winds=80
1-min winds=120
Pressure=955

Tropical Storm Usagi

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Usagi 2001 track.pngFormed=August 10
Dissipated=August 11
10-min winds=35
1-min winds=40
Pressure=992convert|45|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on Tropical Storm Usagi, which formed in the South China Sea on August 8, hit northern Vietnam on the 10th. The storm brought flash flooding which killed 177 people.

Typhoon Pabuk

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Pabuk 2001 track.pngFormed=August 14
Dissipated=August 22
10-min winds=70
1-min winds=90
Pressure=960

Typhoon Wutip

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Wutip 2001 track.pngFormed=August 27
Dissipated=September 3
10-min winds=90
1-min winds=130
Pressure=930

Tropical Storm Sepat

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Sepat 2001 track.pngFormed=August 27
Dissipated=August 30
10-min winds=45
1-min winds=45
Pressure=990An area of thunderstorms formed late on the 19th about convert|100|mi|km south of Pohnpei. By the 22nd it was south-southeast of Guam, still attempting to organize while it moved east-northeast. Moving disjointedly northward, by the 27th it developed into a tropical depression convert|250|mi|km northwest of Wake Island, and by early the next day it had attained tropical storm strength. Continuing northward, it reached it maximum intensity of 45 kts/50 mph before losing organization on the 28th. Accelerating as it recurved well northwest of Midway Island, it became a nontropical low late on the 31st as it approached the International Dateline to the south of the Aleutians. http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/aug01.txt]

Tropical Storm Fitow

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Fitow 2001 track.pngFormed=August 30
Dissipated=August 31
10-min winds=35
1-min winds=45
Pressure=990Initially an area of thunderstorms formed west of Luzon late on August 26, possibly due to the remains of former Tropical Depression Jolina. Late on August 28 it formed into a tropical depression about convert|300|mi|km south-southwest of Hong Kong. It moved west-northwest over northeastern Hainan late on August 29, before becoming a tropical storm 24 hours later. Early on August 31, the tropical storm began to drift north towards China. That evening, it struck Dongxing before weakening back into a tropical depression on September 1 and dissipating the following day. Excessive rains fell in mainland China, with locations in Changjiang county measuring up to 831.1 mm in the 3 day period ending late on August 31. Total economic losses in Hainan were near 1.367 billion yuan. In all, 3680 houses were nearly destroyed, four died, and 3.5 million people were impacted by the weak tropical storm.

Typhoon Danas

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Danas 2001 track.pngFormed=September 4
Dissipated=September 12
10-min winds=85
1-min winds=105
Pressure=945

Typhoon Nari (Kiko)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Nari 2001 track.pngFormed=September 6
Dissipated=September 20
10-min winds=75
1-min winds=100
Pressure=960On September 5, a tropical depression developed northeast of Taiwan. Weak currents, which were prevalent throughout its lifetime, caused it to drift to the northeast where it became a tropical storm on the 6th. Nari stalled near Okinawa, and became a typhoon on the 7th. Over the next 5 days, Nari executed a triple loop over open waters, reaching a peak of convert|115|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds before weakening to a tropical storm on the 14th. It restrengthened to a typhoon, and as it continued southwestward, Nari reached convert|100|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds before hitting northeastern Taiwan on the 16th. The storm drifted across the island, emerging into the South China Sea on the 18th as a tropical depression. It continued westward, and finally made landfall east of Hong Kong as a convert|65|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on tropical storm on the 20th. Nari caused 92 casualties [ [http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/75490.pdf Precipitation Processes Associated With the Landfalling Typhoon Nari (2001).] Retrieved on 2007-02-25.] and up to convert|50|in|mm of rain led to torrential flooding.

Typhoon Vipa

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Vipa 2001 track.pngFormed=September 18
Dissipated=September 21
10-min winds=65
1-min winds=75
Pressure=975

Typhoon Francisco

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Francisco 2001 track.pngFormed=September 20
Dissipated=September 25
10-min winds=85
1-min winds=100
Pressure=945

Typhoon Lekima (Labuyo)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Lekima 2001 track.pngFormed=September 22
Dissipated=September 27
10-min winds=70
1-min winds=95
Pressure=965

A depression occured in the edge of PhilippineArea of Responsibility.Therefore, it bears the name "Labuyo"derived from the Filipino word means the small chili that is smalland spicy.

It moves from Philippine Sea to Batanes Group pf Islands and later,moved to Southern Taiwan and dissipates on the East China Sea.

Typhoon Krosa

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=Krosa 2001 track.pngFormed=October 4
Dissipated=October 9
10-min winds=80
1-min winds=105
Pressure=950

Typhoon Haiyan (Maring)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Haiyan 2001 track.pngFormed=October 12
Dissipated=October 18
10-min winds=70
1-min winds=90
Pressure=960

Typhoon Podul

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Podul 2001 track.pngFormed=October 20
Dissipated=October 28
10-min winds=100
1-min winds=140
Pressure=925

Typhoon Lingling (Nanang)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Lingling 2001 track.pngFormed=November 6
Dissipated=November 12
10-min winds=85
1-min winds=115
Pressure=940A tropical depression formed in the Philippine Sea on November 5. It moved westward, hitting the Philippines on the 6th. The depression strengthened over the archipelago, becoming a tropical storm on the 7th. Lingling continued to intensify, reaching a peak of convert|135|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on winds on the 10th in the South China Sea. The next day, the typhoon hit central Vietnam as a convert|110|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on typhoon, and dissipated on the 12th. Lingling, like most typhoons, brought torrential rains and flooding, resulting in 171 deaths in the Philippines (with 118 missing) and 18 deaths in Vietnam.

Tropical Storm Kajiki (Quedan)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Formed=December 5
Dissipated=December 8
10-min winds=35
1-min winds=35
Pressure=996

Typhoon Faxai

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac


Track=Faxai 2001 track.pngFormed=December 16
Dissipated=December 26
10-min winds=105
1-min winds=155
Pressure=915On December 13, a tropical depression formed in the open waters of the West Pacific. It drifted for 5 days, slowly organizing into a tropical storm on the 15th. As Faxai moved more quickly to the northwest, its wind speeds increased, becoming a typhoon on the 20th and rapidly intensifying to a peak of convert|180|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on on the 23rd. Cooler waters and upper level shear weakened it until it became extratropical on the 25th. Faxai, the strongest storm of the year, was one of the most intense December typhoons ever recorded. Fortunately, it never approached land.

Initially Faxai was classified as part of Tropical Depression 31W, but post-analysis considers the early part of Faxai's life a separate storm. As such, Faxai was classified as 33W in post-analysis.

Tropical Storm Vamei

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac

---

Track=Vamei 2001 track.pngFormed=December 27
Dissipated=December 29
10-min winds=45
1-min winds=65
Pressure=1006Tropical Depression 32W formed 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of Singapore at 1200 UTC (2000 SGT) on December 26. It is extremely unusual to see tropical development this close to the equator. The initial position of 1.4° N means this storm formed only convert|85|nmi|km north of the equator. On December 27 it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Vamei, and shortly thereafter it made landfall in Malaysia. Emerging into the Indian Ocean on December 29 as a Tropical Depression, it briefly re-strengthened before dissipating on January 1. The name Vamei was retired in 2004 and replaced with Peipah because of the unique formation and track of this storm.

Other storms

Tropical Depression 01W (Auring)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
WarningCenter=PAGASA

---

Track=1-W 2001 track.pngFormed=February 18
Dissipated=February 20
10-min winds=30
1-min winds=25
Pressure=1004

Tropical Depression 02W (Barok)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
WarningCenter=PAGASA

---

Track=2-W 2001 track.pngFormed=April 18
Dissipated=April 19
10-min winds=25
1-min winds=25
Pressure=1004

Tropical Depression Darna

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
WarningCenter=PAGASA


Formed=June 16
Dissipated=June 19
10-min winds=30
Pressure=1000

Tropical Depression 08W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=8-W 2001 track.pngFormed=July 10
Dissipated=July 11
1-min winds=25
Pressure=1002

Tropical Depression Jolina

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
WarningCenter=PAGASA
Formed=August 16
Dissipated=August 19
10-min winds=30
Pressure=1000Three circulations developed in a monsoon trough in the South China Sea in mid-August. The third formed into a tropical depression which remained stalled west of Luzon between August 16 and 19. It was last seen as an exposed surface circulation virtually where it formed on August 21.

Tropical Storm 15W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=15-W 2001 track.pngFormed=August 24
Dissipated=August 25
1-min winds=30
Pressure=998

Tropical Storm 28W (Ondoy)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
WarningCenter=PAGASA
Track=28-W 2001 track.pngFormed=November 16
Dissipated=November 24
10-min winds=40
1-min winds=35
Pressure=997

Tropical Storm 29W (Pabling)

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
WarningCenter=PAGASA
Track=29-W 2001 track.pngFormed=November 18
Dissipated=November 23
10-min winds=30
1-min winds=35
Pressure=997

Tropical Storm 31W

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=WPac
Track=31-W 2001 track.pngFormed=December 10
Dissipated=December 12
1-min winds=35
Pressure=997

torm names

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones are named by the RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Names are selected from the following sequential list, there is no annual list. Names were contributed by 13 members of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, except for Singapore. The 13 nations or territories, along with Micronesia, each submitted 10 names, which are used in alphabetical order by the English name of the country. The first storm of 2001 was named Cimaron and the final one was named Vamei.

This is the only time that the name "Vipa" was used. Its spelling was corrected to "Wipha" in 2002.cite web|url=http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/tcp/documents/TCP-23EDITION2007.pdf|format=PDF|pages=36|publisher=Wprld Meteorological Organization|title=Typhoon Committee Operational Manual Meteorological Component|accessdate=2007-09-16]

Philippines

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones within its area of responsibility. Lists are recycled every four years. Starting 2001, new sets of names are implemented.

ee also

*List of Pacific typhoon seasons
*2001 Pacific hurricane season
*2001 Atlantic hurricane season
*2001 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
*South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2000-01, 2001-02
*Australian region cyclone seasons: 2000-01, 2001-02
*South Pacific cyclone seasons: 2000-01, 2001-02

References

External links

* [http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/AnnualReport/2001/Text/Text2001.pdf 2001 Annual Report from RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center]
* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website] .
* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph/plotting/PhilippineTyphoonChart.gifPhilippine Area of Responsibility] .
* [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center] .
* [http://www.weather.gov.hk/informtc/sound/tc_pronunciatione.htm Meaning of Tokyo Typhoon Centre names] .