1983 Pacific hurricane season#Hurricane Adolph

{{Infobox hurricane season

| Basin=EPac

| Year=1983

| Track=1983 Pacific hurricane season summary map.png

| First storm formed=May 21, 1983

| Last storm dissipated=December 7, 1983

| Strongest storm name=Kiko and Raymond

| Strongest storm pressure=

| Strongest storm winds=125

| Average wind speed=1

| Total depressions=26

| Total storms=21

| Total hurricanes=12

| Total intense=8

| Fatalities=168 total

| Damages=816.33

| five seasons=1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985

|Atlantic season=1983 Atlantic hurricane season

|West Pacific season=1983 Pacific typhoon season

|North Indian season=1983 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

}}

The 1983 Pacific hurricane season was the longest season ever recorded at that time. It was a very active Pacific hurricane season. The season started on May 15, 1983 in the eastern Pacific, and on June 1, 1983 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1983. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.{{cite web|last1=Dorst |first1=Neal |title=When is hurricane season? |url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/G1.html |publisher=Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |access-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206195446/http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/G1.html |archive-date=December 6, 2010 |url-status=dead }} During the 1983 season, there were 20 named storms, which was slightly less than the previous season. Furthermore, twelve of those storms became hurricanes. And eight of the storms reached major hurricane status, or Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS). The decaying 1982–83 El Niño event likely contributed to this level of activity. That same El Niño influenced a very quiet Atlantic hurricane season.

The first storm of the season, Hurricane Adolph, became the southernmost-forming east Pacific tropical cyclone on record after forming at a latitude of 7.1°N. After a slow start, activity picked up in July, when Hurricane Gil moved through the Hawaiian Islands, resulting in minor damage. In early August, Hurricane Ismael was responsible for three deaths and $19 million (1983 USD) in damage in the United States. In September, hurricanes Kiko and Lorena brought significant damage and seven deaths to southern Mexico. About a month later, Tropical Storm Octave became the worst tropical cyclone on record to affect Arizona. Octave killed 15 people, and caused $500 million in damage to Arizona and $12.5 million to New Mexico. Later in October, Hurricane Tico was a very intense hurricane at the time of its landfall and thus left 25,000 homeless. Damage throughout the country was estimated at $200 million while 135 deaths were reported in Mexico. Although most of its impact occurred in Mexico, Tico's remnants brought significant flooding in the Central United States, resulting in six deaths and $42 million in damage. A few days later, Hurricane Raymond posed a threat to Hawaii, but did little actual damage. The final storm of the season, Hurricane Winnie, was a rare December cyclone.

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Seasonal summary

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An intense area of thunderstorms developed {{convert|230|mi|km|abbr=on|round=5}} south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec on July 4. The system was first classified as a tropical depression at 1800 UTC on July 5 roughly {{convert|345|mi|km|abbr=on}} south-southeast of Acapulco. Turning west-northwest and then northwest while accelerating, the EPHC upgraded the depression into Tropical Storm Dalilia at 1800 UTC on July 6. Continuing to gain strength, Dalilia reached its peak intensity as a strong tropical storm early on July 8. After turning west the tropical storm started to lose strength while encountering colder water. At 0600 UTC on July 10, Tropical Storm Dalilia had been downgraded into a tropical depression. Two days later, the EPHC reported that the tropical cyclone had dissipated.

= Tropical Storm Erick =

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Erick 1983-07-14 1815Z.png

|Track=Erick 1983 track.png

|Formed=July 12

|Dissipated=July 16

|1-min winds=55

}}

Tropical Storm Erick originated from a tropical wave that crossed Central America on July 9 and July 10. At 0600 UTC on July 12, the EPHC reported that it had upgraded the disturbance into a tropical depression. The depression moved steadily west-northwest under the influence of an anticyclone over the Yucatán Peninsula. The system gradually intensified over waters as warm as {{convert|86|F|C|abbr=on}} and at 0000 UTC on July 13, the agency upgraded the low into a tropical storm. Tropical Storm Erick reached its peak intensity on July 14 as a high-end tropical storm. The storm maintained peak intensity for 24 hours, before encountering cooler water. Rapidly weakening, Erick dissipated on July 16 far from land.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Tropical Depression Nine-E 1983.jpg

|Formed=August 3

|Dissipated=August 7

|1-min winds=30

}}

On July 30 and 31, a tropical disturbance crossed Central America. At a low latitude, a tropical depression was declared on August 3. At first, the storm was expected to turn west-northwest, but it continued west instead. Nine-E failed to intensify despite being situated over warm water. The depression dissipated on August 7 later over somewhat cooler water.

= Hurricane Ismael =

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Ismael 1983-08-11 1415Z.png

|Track=Ismael 1983 track.png

|Formed=August 8

|Dissipated=August 14

|1-min winds=85

}}

The origins of Hurricane Ismael were from a northward bulge of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in early August, which resulted in the formation of a tropical depression on August 8. Six hours later, it was upgraded into Tropical storm Ismael. Continuing to intensity, Ismael was upgraded into a hurricane late on August 10 and subsequently developed an eye. The storm soon reached its peak of 100 mph (155 km/h). Late on August 11, Hurricane Ismael began to weaken as it encountered cooler waters and the hurricane was soon downgraded to a Category 1 on the SSHWS. The following day, Ismael was downgraded into a tropical storm about {{convert|380|mi|km|abbr=on|round=5}} west of the Baja California peninsula. On August 14, the storm was downgraded into a tropical depression while centered about {{convert|250|mi|km|abbr=on|round=5}} west of Point Ensenada. Ismael dissipated that day.{{EPAC hurricane best track}}

While still out at sea, Ismael brought {{convert|6|-|9|ft|m|abbr=on}} waves to much of Southern California, though waves from the storm were less than expected.{{cite news|title=The Nation's Weather|date=August 13, 1983}} {{subscription required|via=Lexis Nexis}} One person was swept away at a beach.{{cite news|title=Wind rain, slam into US coasts|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FS9TAAAAIBAJ&pg=1067,4626310&dq=hurricane+ismael&hl=en|newspaper=The Deseret News|page=2|access-date=2020-06-05|archive-date=2021-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045237/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FS9TAAAAIBAJ&pg=1067%2C4626310&dq=hurricane+ismael&hl=en|url-status=live}} The remnants of the storm later moved over South California,{{cite news|title=The Nation's Weather|date=August 16, 1983}} {{subscription required|via=Lexis Nexis}} resulting in moderate rainfall.{{cite news|title=Spawned By Storms|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FoxKAAAAIBAJ&pg=4903,4116502&dq=tropical+storm+ismael&hl=en|access-date=May 31, 2013|newspaper=The Press-Courier|date=August 17, 1983|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045238/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FoxKAAAAIBAJ&pg=4903%2C4116502&dq=tropical+storm+ismael&hl=en|url-status=live}} The Yucca Valley was the worst hit by the storm, where nearly every road was washed out.{{cite news|title=Ismael lashes California Coast|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Aa4RAAAAIBAJ&pg=4245,323132&dq=hurricane+ismael&hl=en|access-date=May 27, 2013|newspaper=Gainesville Sun|date=August 17, 1983|page=2|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045238/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Aa4RAAAAIBAJ&pg=4245%2C323132&dq=hurricane+ismael&hl=en|url-status=live}} Almost 50,000 residents in Palm Springs were isolated due to rains. A tornado near Los Angeles led to minor damage.{{cite news|title=Domestic News|date=August 17, 1983|author=Micheal Harris}} {{subscription required|via=Lexis Nexis}} In San Bernardino, many buildings were destroyed, forcing numerous evacuations. Around 80,000 homes were left without power across the Inland Empire.{{cite news|title=Storms rake LA area|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kW4aAAAAIBAJ&pg=3631,4280847&dq=tropical+storm+ismael&hl=en|access-date=May 31, 2013|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=August 17, 1983|page=3}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Moreover, three interstates were closed. In all, minor injuries were reported and three people died in San Bernardino when their car swept into a channel.{{cite news|title=Domestic News|date=August 17, 1983|author=David Langford}} {{subscription required|via=Lexis Nexis}}{{cite news|title=Domestic News|date=August 18, 1983|author=Jeff Wilson}} {{subscription required|via=Lexis Nexis}} Damage from the storm totaled $19 million (1983 USD).{{cite journal|title=1 AFTF Study Area Flood History|journal=Aluival Fan Task Force|year=2005|access-date=May 31, 2013|publisher=California State University|url=http://aftf.csusb.edu/documents/AFTF%20Study%20Area%20Flood%20History_ALL.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020042758/http://aftf.csusb.edu/documents/AFTF%20Study%20Area%20Flood%20History_ALL.pdf|archive-date=October 20, 2013|url-status=dead}} After affecting California, the remnants of the hurricane moved into Nevada. Many parking lots in Laughlin were flooded. Two small towns were also isolated. Several major streets in the outskirts of Las Vegas were closed because of flooding.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Raymond 1983-10-11 0045Z.png

|Track=Raymond 1983 track.png

|Formed=October 8

|Dissipated=October 20

|1-min winds=125

}}

A tropical wave crossed Nicaragua on October 5, moving westward. A ridge center

was over Mexico and a well-developed ridge extended westward towards the Hawaiian Islands. Despite the presence of strong wind shear, it was upgraded to a tropical depression {{convert|764|mi|km|abbr=on|round=5}} south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas on October 8. The depression moved over {{convert|84|to|86|F|C|abbr=on}} waters, intensifying into Tropical Storm Raymond on October 9. Intensifying quickly, Raymond attained hurricane status on October 10. Hurricane Raymond subsequently developed a small but distinct eye. Rapidly intensifying, the storm rapidly moved west. Raymond was upgraded into a major hurricane late on October 10.{{EPAC hurricane best track}} Raymond reached its peak winds of {{convert|145|mph|km/h|abbr=on|round=5}} as a moderate Category 4 hurricane roughly 24 hours after becoming a hurricane. At the time of its peak, the hurricane was located about {{convert|800|mi|km|abbr=on|round=5}} south of San Diego.{{EPAC hurricane best track}} Raymond is believed to have held on to peak intensity for almost two days.

The hurricane subsequently weakened and was only a Category 2 by October 13, but it re-intensified over the next few days.{{EPAC hurricane best track}} With continued warm waters, the system crossed into the CPHC warning zone, reaching a secondary peak of {{convert|140|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} on October 14 while becoming one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the region. By then, Raymond had begun a movement to the northwest. The eye later became poorly defined while the symmetric shape of the hurricane became elongated. The Hurricane Hunters confirmed the weakening trend, reporting a pressure of {{convert|968|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}. Hurricane Raymond weakened to a tropical storm on October 16 as wind shear took its toll on the storm. Meanwhile, the storm drifted northwest and underwent several loops. Two days later the storm resumed its westward motion as it weakened to a tropical depression. It became devoid of deep convection, and made landfall on Molokai on October 20 while still tropical depression. Shortly thereafter, Raymond dissipated inland.{{cite web|url=http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1983.php|title=The 1983 Central Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season|publisher=Central Pacific Hurricane Center|access-date=July 25, 2011|date=|archive-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082105/http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1983.php|url-status=live}}

Because meteorologists were predicting that the storm may pose a threat to the Hawaiian island group, the CPHC issued a hurricane watch for Hawaii. A high-surf advisory also was issued. As Raymond approached Hawaii, the cyclone kicked up very high surfs that pounded the big island. On the east end of the Hawaiian Island chain was battered by {{convert|10|-|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} waves.{{cite news|title=Hurricane Raymond Approaches Hawaii|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 16, 1983}} In addition, Raymond brought beneficial rains and gusty winds on all islands. Precipitation ranged from {{convert|1|to|2|in|mm|abbr=on}} on Maui. There was one fatality when a sailor, Richard Sharp, was killed overboard off the {{convert|44|ft|adj=mid}} yacht Hazaña; the boat, which was dismasted, was also occupied by his girlfriend, Tami Oldham Ashcraft, from Tahiti to San Diego, but the course was altered to Hawaii because of the storm.{{cite news|title=Domestic News|date=November 22, 1983}}{{cite book | last=Ashcraft | first=Tami | title=Red sky in mourning : a true story of love, loss, and survival at sea | publisher=Hyperion | location=New York | year=2002 | isbn=0-7868-6791-4 | oclc=47995532}}The story of Richard Sharp and his companion, Tami Oldham Ashcraft, was the basis for the movie Adrift, made in 2018

= Tropical Storm Sonia =

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Sonia 1983-10-13 2045Z.png

|Track=Sonia 1983 track.png

|Formed=October 9

|Dissipated=October 14

|1-min winds=40

}}

Situated several hundred miles west of Hurricane Raymond, a tropical disturbance formed on October 8. Moving west-northwest, the disturbance was upgraded into a tropical depression on October 9. After moving west-northwest for 12 hours, it turned west. Despite warm waters, strong westerly wind shear prevented much further development. On October 10, the EPHC upgraded Sonia into a tropical storm. That day, Sonia reached its peak intensity of 45 mph (70 km/h). However, this was short-lived as the thunderstorm activity quickly became displaced from the center. At 0000 UTC on October 11, Sonia weakened into a tropical depression. About 24 hours later, Sonia weakened into a tropical disturbance after it failed to maintain a closed circulation. Thereafter, the storm entered the CPHC's warning zone, where it began to encounter warmer waters and lighter wind shear, and thus began to deepen. On October 13, Sonia regained tropical storm intensity and briefly posed a threat to Hawaii. Despite remaining small and disorganized, Sonia reached its peak intensity of 45 mph (70 km/h) for a second time that evening. However, outflow from Hurricane Raymond weakened the system and Sonia dissipated on October 14 over {{convert|1000|mi|km|round=5}} south-southeast of the Big Island.

= Hurricane Tico =

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Tico 1983-10-18 2315Z.png

|Track=Tico 1983 track.png

|Formed=October 11

|Dissipated=October 19

|1-min winds=115

}}

The origins of Hurricane Tico were from a weak tropical disturbance that crossed Costa Rica into the Pacific Ocean on October 7. Over warm waters, the system was sufficiently organized to be declared Tropical Depression Twenty-One on October 11, about {{convert|575|mi|km|abbr=on|round=5}} south of Acapulco. On October 12 it turned sharply northward; the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Tico on October 13. Tropical Storm Tico continued to intensify. Two days after becoming a tropical storm, Tico strengthened further to attain hurricane status. By October 16, Tico had reached major hurricane status. Early on October 19, it reached peak winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). It weakened slightly as it approached the coast, and at about 1500 UTC that day Tico made landfall near Mazatlán with winds of 125 mph (205 km/h). It rapidly weakened over land and merged with a cold front. The remnants of Tico were last observed on October 24 over Ohio.{{cite web|author=David Roth|url=http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/tico1983.html|title=Hurricane Tico - October 18–24, 1983|publisher=Hydrometeorological Prediction Center|access-date=November 19, 2009|date=March 30, 2007|archive-date=September 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922072339/http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/tico1983.html|url-status=live}}

Moderate rainfall was reported around the landfall location, peaking at 8.98 in (228 mm) in Pueblo Nuevo, Durango; lighter precipitation of 1–3 in (25–75 mm) occurred further inland toward the Mexico/United States border. Two 328 ft (100 m) anchored ships were washed aground by strong waves and swells,{{cite web|author1=R. G. Handlers |author2=S. Brand |date=June 2001 |title=Tropical Cyclones Affecting Mazatlán |publisher=NRL Monterrey |access-date=May 10, 2009 |url=http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~cannon/thh-nc/mexico/mazatlan/text/sect7.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611203748/http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~cannon/thh-nc/mexico/mazatlan/text/sect7.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-06-11 }} with a total of seven ships reported missing.{{cite news|title=Mexican boats, crewmen missing in storm|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QqofAAAAIBAJ&pg=2651,3891955&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|access-date=September 11, 2011|newspaper=Gadsden Times|date=October 22, 1983|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045317/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QqofAAAAIBAJ&pg=2651%2C3891955&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|url-status=live}} Overall, the hurricane sank nine small ships, and nine fishermen were killed. Hurricane Tico was responsible severe flooding and heavy damage due to strong winds. Throughout the state of Sinaloa, the hurricane destroyed nearly 19,000 acres (77 km²) of bean and corn, although most of the agricultural damage occurred south of Mazatlán. In addition, the hurricane disrupted the flow of drinking water. A total of 13 hotels received extensive damage and 14 people were hurt.{{cite news|title=Hurricane Tico devastates Mexican resort of Mazaltan|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=--QbAAAAIBAJ&pg=4699,59105&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|access-date=September 11, 2011|newspaper=Sorasota Herald-Tribune|date=October 21, 1983|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045317/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=--QbAAAAIBAJ&pg=4699%2C59105&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|url-status=live}} Twenty-five thousand people were left homeless and damage throughout the country was estimated at $200 million (1983 USD).{{cite news|title=State of emergency declared|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v49TAAAAIBAJ&pg=2770,6162634&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|access-date=September 3, 2011|newspaper=The Bulletin|date=October 20, 1983|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045317/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v49TAAAAIBAJ&pg=2770%2C6162634&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|url-status=live}} Hurricane Tico caused a total of 135 deaths in Mexico.{{cite web|author=Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development|year=1989|title=Disaster History: Significant Data on Major Disasters Worldwide, 1900-Present|access-date=May 13, 2013|url=http://www.oas.org/dsd/publications/unit/oea66e/ch12.htm|archive-date=May 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513235251/http://www.oas.org/dsd/publications/unit/oea66e/ch12.htm|url-status=live}}

Rain from Tico continued into the South-Central United States; serious flooding was reported along the lower Washita River.{{cite web|author=Kansas Water Science Center|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=2001|title=Summary of Significant Floods in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, Oklahoma|access-date=2009-04-10|url=http://ks.water.usgs.gov/pubs/reports/wsp.2502.ok.html|archive-date=2009-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510152514/http://ks.water.usgs.gov/pubs/reports/wsp.2502.ok.html|url-status=live}} Across Guthire, 5% of the town's population, sought three emergency shelter due to {{convert|7|ft|m|abbr=on}} deep water.{{cite news|title=Flooding leaves people stranded|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6m4aAAAAIBAJ&pg=7028,34934&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|access-date=September 3, 2011|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=October 21, 1983}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|title=Oklahoma reels under rainstorms|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NIfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2005,3810493&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|access-date=September 10, 2011|newspaper=The Fort Scott Tribune|date=October 21, 1983|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045351/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NIfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2005%2C3810493&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|url-status=live}} Throughout Oklahoma and Texas, 200 people were displaced and six people were killed.{{cite news|title=Oklahoma residents clean up in Hurricane's wake|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IsNaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2540,1510667&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|access-date=September 11, 2011|newspaper=The Evening independent|date=October 22, 1983|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045347/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IsNaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2540%2C1510667&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Floodwaters receding in Oklahoma|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oONbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1368,5318634&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|access-date=September 11, 2011|newspaper=St. Joseph New Press/Gazette|date=October 23, 1983|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045347/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oONbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1368%2C5318634&dq=hurricane+tico&hl=en|url-status=live}} A total of $77 million in crop damage occurred in Oklahoma. Total damage in the state was estimated at $84 million.{{cite web|publisher=R.D. Flanagan & Associates |date=June 26, 2007 |title=Natural and Man-Made Hazards |access-date=April 11, 2009 |url=http://www.rdflanagan.com/Holdenville/Holdenville_Chapter4.doc |format=DOC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715160303/http://www.rdflanagan.com/Holdenville/Holdenville_Chapter4.doc |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }} Elsewhere, one person was killed in the Kansas.

= Tropical Depression Twenty-Two-E =

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Tropical Depression Twenty-Two-E 1983.jpg

|Formed=October 18

|Dissipated=October 18

|1-min winds=30

}}

On October 18, a tropical disturbance was noted about {{convert|300|mi|km|abbr=on|round=5}} south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Moving west-northwest, the disturbance was upgraded into a depression. After turning northwest, the depression dissipated an hour before moving ashore. Lasting less than 24 hours, Twenty-Two-E was the shortest-lived cyclone of the season. Despite the lack of damage, {{convert|10|in|mm|abbr=on}} of rain was measured along portions of the Southern Mexico coast due to the depression.

= Tropical Storm Velma =

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Velma 1983-11-01 1845Z.png

|Track=Velma 1983 track.png

|Formed=November 1

|Dissipated=November 3

|1-min winds=35

}}

A tropical disturbance developed within the ITCZ during October 31. Despite unfavorable conditions, the system began to organize, and became Tropical Depression Twenty-Three on November 1. It quickly intensified, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Velma six hours later. No further intensification occurred; Velma peaked as a minimal tropical storm. The tropical storm began to weaken after 18 hours, and was downgraded to a tropical depression on November 2. The following day, the EPHC issued the final advisory on Tropical Depression Velma.

= Hurricane Winnie =

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Winnie 1983-12-05 2200Z.png

|Track=Winnie 1983 track.png

|Formed=December 4

|Dissipated=December 7

|1-min winds=80

}}

Due to a combination of unusually warm sea surface temperatures and the displacement of the ITCZ to north, a small area of disturbed weather formed in early December.{{cite book|last=Ahrens|first=Donald|title=Meteorology today: an introduction to weather, climate, and the environment|url=https://archive.org/details/meteorologytoday0002ahre|url-access=registration|year=1985|publisher=West Publishing Company, College & School Division|isbn=9780314852120 }} Situated south-southwest of Acapulco, the disturbance organized into a tropical depression on December 4. It slowly headed north, and intensified into a tropical storm. Winnie peaked in intensity on December 6, and became the strongest Pacific hurricane in December since records began.{{EPAC hurricane best track}} Initially expected to continue north,{{cite news|title=The Weather Today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-xZZAAAAIBAJ&pg=926,3174961&dq=hurricane+winnie+-texas&hl=en|access-date=July 20, 2013|newspaper=The Union Democrat|date=December 6, 1983|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502045348/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-xZZAAAAIBAJ&pg=926%2C3174961&dq=hurricane+winnie+-texas&hl=en|url-status=live}} the storm stalled instead. Due to wind shear caused by a trough, Winnie began to rapidly deteriorate, and it was downgraded into a tropical storm that night. After weakening further into a depression, Winnie dissipated on December 7. Its remnant disturbance then moved west. Winnie was an out of season storm, and is the only known December tropical cyclone in the east Pacific proper since the modern record began in 1949.{{cite web|publisher=Hydrometeorological Prediction Center|author=David Roth|title=Hurricane Winnie - December 4-8, 1983|url=http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/winnie1983.html|access-date=October 23, 2012|archive-date=September 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922052449/http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/winnie1983.html|url-status=live}} Winnie is the latest hurricane on record in the eastern North Pacific.{{cite report|title=Tropical Storm Kenneth Forecast Discussion 5|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2011/ep13/ep132011.discus.005.shtml|work=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|publisher=National Hurricane Center|last=Kimberlain|first=Todd|date=November 20, 2011|access-date=November 20, 2011|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419204528/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2011/ep13/ep132011.discus.005.shtml|url-status=live}}

Although the tropical cyclone never made landfall, it caused rain in parts of Mexico. The highest total of {{convert|3.6|in|mm|abbr=on}} was recorded in Caleta de Campos. Furthermore, the storm brought strong winds to the region,{{cite news|title=Weather 6|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 6, 1983}} but damage was less than expected.{{cite news|title=Weather 7|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 7, 1983}}

Storm names

The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Pacific Ocean east of 140°W in 1983.{{cite report|url=https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/Publications/NatHurricaneOpsPlans/HOPs-1983.pdf|pages=((3{{hyphen}}6, 3{{hyphen}}9{{ndash}}10))|publisher=NOAA Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research|location=Washington, D.C.|title=National Hurricane Operations Plan|date=May 1983|access-date=January 15, 2024}} This was a new set of names, and every name used this season was used for the first time, except for Priscilla, which was previously used in the old four-year lists.{{cite web|access-date=January 15, 2024|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Name History|publisher=Atlantic Tropical Weather Center|url=http://www.atwc.org/pachist.txt|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929105925/http://www.atwc.org/pachist.txt|archive-date=September 29, 2007|url-status=dead}} All 21 names on the list were used. No names were retired from this list following the season, and it was next used (expanded to include "X", "Y", and "Z" names) for the 1989 season.{{cite report|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/Publications/NatHurricaneOpsPlans/NHOP1989.pdf|pages=((3{{hyphen}}8{{ndash}}9))|publisher=NOAA Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research|location=Washington, D.C.|title=National Hurricane Operations Plan|date=April 1989|access-date=January 15, 2024}}

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Adolph
Barbara
Cosme
Dalilia
Erick
Flossie
Gil{{thin space}}*

Henriette
Ismael
Juliette
Kiko
Lorena
Manuel
Narda{{thin space}}*

Octave
Priscilla
Raymond{{thin space}}*
Sonia{{thin space}}*
Tico
Velma
Winnie

For storms that form in the North Pacific from 140°W to the International Date Line, the names come from a series of four rotating lists. Names are used one after the other without regard to year, and when the bottom of one list is reached, the next named storm receives the name at the top of the next list. No named storms formed in the central North Pacific in 1983. Named storms in the table above that crossed into the area during the year are noted (*).{{cite web|url=http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/2008/summ0711a.htm|title=Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone summary: November 2007|author=Padgett, Gary|year=2007|publisher=Australian Severe Weather|access-date=December 31, 2009|archive-date=October 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020033350/http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/2008/summ0711a.htm|url-status=live}}

Season effects

This is a table of all of the storms that have formed in the 1983 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their name, duration, peak classification and intensities, areas affected, damage, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 1983 USD.

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat2|name=Adolph|dates=May 21-26|max-winds=110 (175)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Puerto Vallarta,Mazatlan|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat4|name=Barbara|dates=June 9-18|max-winds=130 (215)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=storm|name=Cosme|dates=July 2-5|max-winds=40 (65)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=storm|name=Dalilia|dates=July 5-12|max-winds=70 (110)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=storm|name=Erick|dates=July 12-16|max-winds=65 (100)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=storm|name=Flossie|dates=July 17-21|max-winds=60 (95)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Western Mexico|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat1|name=Gil|dates=July 23-August 5|max-winds=90 (150)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Hawaii|damage=Minimal|deaths=1}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat4|name=Henriette|dates=July 27-August 6|max-winds=130 (215)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=Minimal|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=depression|name=Nine-E|dates=August 3-7|max-winds=35 (55)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=Minimal|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat2|name=Ismael|dates=August 8-14|max-winds=100 (155)|min-press=Unknown|areas=California,Nevada|damage=$19 Million|deaths=4 (1)}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=depression|name=Eleven-E|dates=August 19-20|max-winds=35 (55)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=depression|name=One-C|dates=August 15-16|max-winds=35 (55)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=storm|name=Juliette|dates=August 24-September 1|max-winds=60 (95)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=depression|name=Two-C|dates=August 31-September 1|max-winds=35 (55)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat4|name=Kiko|dates=August 31-September 9|max-winds=145 (230)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Western Mexico|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat3|name=Lorena|dates=September 6-14|max-winds=115 (185)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Acapulco|damage=$33,000|deaths=7}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat3|name=Manuel|dates=September 12-20|max-winds=115 (185)|min-press=Unknown|areas=California|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=storm|name=Narda|dates=September 21-October 1|max-winds=70 (110)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Hawaii|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=storm|name=Octave|dates=September 27-October 2|max-winds=50 (85)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Western Mexico, Southwest United States|damage=$513 Million|deaths=14}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat3|name=Priscilla|dates=September 30-October 7|max-winds=115 (185)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Western Mexico|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat4|name=Raymond|dates=October 8-20|max-winds=145 (230)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Hawaii|damage=None|deaths=1}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=storm|name=Sonia|dates=October 9-14|max-winds=45 (65)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat4|name=Tico|dates=October 11-19|max-winds=130 (215)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Mazatlan|damage=$284 Million|deaths=141}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=depression|name=Twenty-Two-E|dates=October 18|max-winds=35 (55)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=Unknown|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=storm|name=Velma|dates=November 1-3|max-winds=40 (65)|min-press=Unknown|areas=None|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats cyclone3|cat=cat1|name=Winnie|dates=December 4-7|max-winds=90 (150)|min-press=Unknown|areas=Mexico|damage=None|deaths=None}}

{{TC stats table end3|num-cyclones=26|dates=May 21{{snd}}December 7|max-winds=145 (230)|min-press=Unknown|tot-areas=|tot-damage=$816.33 Million|tot-deaths=168}}

References

External links

[http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0493/112/7/pdf/i1520-0493-112-7-1419.pdf Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1983]
[http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1983.php CPHC Season Summary]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20051101150527/http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1983/index.html Unisys Weather archive for the Eastern Pacific, 1983]
[http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/pages/hurrclimate.php#1983 CPHC archive] accessed November 15, 2005

Category:Pacific hurricane seasons

1983 EPAC

1983 Pacific hurricane season#Hurricane Adolph

Seasonal summary

Systems

= Hurricane Adolph =

= Hurricane Barbara =

= Tropical Storm Cosme =

= Tropical Storm Dalilia =

= Tropical Storm Erick =

= Tropical Storm Flossie =

= Hurricane Gil =

= Hurricane Henriette =

= Tropical Depression Nine-E =

= Hurricane Ismael =

= Tropical Depression Eleven-E =

= Tropical Depression One-C =

= Tropical Storm Juliette =

= Tropical Depression Two-C =

= Hurricane Kiko =

= Hurricane Lorena =

= Hurricane Manuel =

= Tropical Storm Narda =

= Tropical Storm Octave =

= Hurricane Priscilla =

= Hurricane Raymond =

= Tropical Storm Sonia =

= Hurricane Tico =

= Tropical Depression Twenty-Two-E =

= Tropical Storm Velma =

= Hurricane Winnie =

Storm names

Season effects

See also

References

External links