1993–94 Australian region cyclone season

none May 2020 November 2012 Aus 1994 1993-1994 Australian region cyclone season summary.png 14 December 1993 1 May 1994 Theodore 910 109 10 14 12 7 22 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 1993–94 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 1993–94 South Pacific cyclone season The 1993–94 Australian region cyclone season was a slightly above average Australian cyclone season. It was also an event in the ongoing cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It ran from 1 November 1993 to 30 April 1994. The regional tropical cyclone operational plan also defines a tropical cyclone year separately from a tropical cyclone season, and the "tropical cyclone year" ran from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994. Tropical cyclones in this area were monitored by four Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs): the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane; and TCWC Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. __TOC__ Seasonal Summary Systems Severe Tropical Cyclone Naomi Aus Naomi 1993 path.png Naomi dec 16 1993 2317Z.jpg 14 December 18 December 80 55 960 Naomi was the first cyclone of the 1993/94 season. Forming early on 15 December 1993, the storm moved south and strengthened into a Category 3 before making landfall.Cyclones. Naomi There was moderate damage and a fishing boat was disabled during the storm. There were no deaths. Tropical Cyclone Oscar Aus Oscar 1994-01-02 0000Z.png Oscar 1993 path.png 28 December 9 January 35 40 995 Cyclone Oscar was a weak system, and only barely reached cyclone strength on 3 January 1994 for about a 12-hour period. It moved on a generally west-southwest course parallel to the Kimberley and Pilbara coasts.http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/pdf/oscar94.pdf Tropical Cyclone Oscar Bureau of Meteorology Perth, Western Australia Severe Tropical Cyclone Rewa Aus Rewa 1994-01-16 0600Z.png Rewa 1993 path.png 29 December (Entered basin) 21 January(Out of basin from 4-10 January) 110 125 920 Cyclone Rewa Cyclone Rewa formed on 26 December 1993. It looped around the Coral Sea for almost a month, crossed New Caledonia and the Solomon Island, and dissipated on 21 January. Rewa was the longest-lived South Pacific tropical cyclone on record, lasting 25 days, from 26 December to 21 January. Severe Tropical Cyclone Pearl-Farah Aus 10 January 21 January Farah Jan 18 1994 1036Z.png Pearl-Farah 1994 path.png 85 95 950 On 11 January, a tropical low formed northwest of Broome, Western Australia. It was named Pearl a few hours later by the Bureau of Meteorology.Severe Tropical Cyclone Pearl http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/pdf/pearl.pdf Perth Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre Bureau of Meteorology 9 August 2012 The cyclone continued westward and reached a peak intensity of 155 km/h (100 mph). As the system moved west of 90°E, MFR took over warning responsibility on 18 January and renamed the cyclone Farah.Guy Le Goff 1994 RSMC La Reunion Météo-France 1993-1994 Cyclone Season in the South-West Indian Ocean 2013-07-04 http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/archives/publications/saisons_cycloniques/index19931994.html At that time, MFR estimated winds of about 120 km/h (75 mph).Kenneth R. Knapp Michael C. Kruk David H. Levinson Howard J. Diamond Charles J. Neumann 2010 The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS): Unifying tropical cyclone best track data 1994 Farah:Pearl:Pearl_Farah (1994010S17124) Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2013-07-02 http://atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_v03r04/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r04-1994010S17124 https://web.archive.org/web/20160216071519/http://atms.unca.edu/ibtracs/ibtracs_v03r04/browse-ibtracs/index.php?name=v03r04-1994010S17124 16 February 2016 dead After having moved westward due to a ridge to the south, Farah turned to the south upon entering the basin due to an approaching trough, which previously absorbed Edmea. High wind shear caused rapid weakening, and by 19 January, there was little remaining convection. The next day, Farah weakened to tropical depression status and turned to the southeast. The ridge built behind the trough, causing the depression to stall and drift northward, and by 22 February, Farah dissipated. Severe Tropical Cyclone Quenton Aus Quenton 1994-01-24 0000Z.png Quenton 1994 path.png 23 January 29 January 80 75 955 Tropical Cyclone Quenton began as a tropical low to the east of Christmas Island on 22 January 1994. The low moved slowly west, then on 25 January intensified to cyclone strength and moved southward across the Indian Ocean. By early on the 29th the cyclone had dissipated.Cyclones 1994 Tropical Cyclone Sadie Aus Sadie 1994-01-29 0000Z.png Sadie 1994 path.png 29 January 31 January 45 35 990 During 29 January, the BoM reported that a tropical low had developed within the monsoon trough, to the north of the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory.Hanstrum, B.N. Smith K.J. Bate P.W. The South Pacific and Southeast Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclone Season 1993–94 6 November 2012 45 Australian Bureau of Meteorology 137–147 Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/1996/hanstrum.pdf 2 June 1996Coastal Rivers Flood, Northern Queensland February 1994 http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/fld_reports/nth_qld_feb_1994.pdf Australian Bureau of Meteorology 6 November 2012 Queensland Regional Office 22 March 2012 3 February 1994 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322223516/http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/qld/fld_reports/nth_qld_feb_1994.pdf live During that day the low rapidly developed further as it moved south-eastwards, before early on 29 January the BoM's TCWC Darwin reported that the low had developed into a category 1 tropical cyclone and named it Sadie as the system started to move southwards. Later that day the JTWC initiated advisories on Cyclone Sadie and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 14P, while the system started to move towards the east and was near its peak 1-minute maximum sustained windspeeds of 85 km/h (50 mph).Joint Typhoon Warning Center 1995 6 November 2012 Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1994atcr.pdf 1994 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report United States Navy, United States Air Force 21 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130221092023/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1994atcr.pdf dead1994028S11136 1994 Tropical Cyclone Sadie (1994028S11136) International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship 18 April 2021 Early the next day Cyclone Sadie made landfall to the north of near Normanton, after the BoM had reported that the system had peaked with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h (50 mph). After making landfall, the system moved towards the south-southeast before weakening and degenerating into a tropical low/rain depression later that day. Severe Tropical Cyclone Theodore Aus Theodore 1994-02-25 0600Z.png Theodore 1994 path.png 22 February 26 February (Exited basin) 115 115 910 Severe Tropical Cyclone Theodore formed from a tropical low located over the northern Solomon Islands on 22 February. The low began to intensify, reaching cyclone intensity at 1800 UTC on 23 February. Theodore continued to intensify rapidly while moving in a southerly direction. By 24 February, Theodore's central pressure was at 945 hPa inHg on, and recurved to the east-southeast. By 25 February, the storm reached its peak intensity, with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 910 hPa inHg on. Theodore's pressure increased to 935 hPa inHg on while rapidly moving southeast on 26 February. The storm eventually passed between New Caledonia and the Loyalty group of islands. Eventually, the cyclone had lost its tropical characteristics, eventually dissipating over the open seas as it moved eastward on 2 March.August 2025 The Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea experienced high rainfall and flooding in Theodore's early stages. Rossel and Sudest Islands in Papua New Guinea saw damage. Homes, schools, and crops were destroyed. New Caledonia experienced gale-force winds.Tropical Cyclone Theodore http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/theodore.shtml#:~:text=Summary,move%20in%20a%20southerly%20direction. https://web.archive.org/web/20241109215959/http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/theodore.shtml 2024-11-09 2025-04-28 www.bom.gov.au en Severe Tropical Cyclone Sharon Aus Sharon Mar 15 1994 0913Z.png Sharon Aus 1994 path.png 12 March 22 March 105 110 930 Tropical Cyclone Sharon was the most intense cyclone in the Western Australian region during the 1993/94 season. It formed about 1100 km north of Northwest Cape on 12 March 1994, then rapidly intensified during the 14th while moving on a south-southwest path towards the west Pilbara coast. During the 16th the cyclone rapidly weakened due to movement into a region of strong westerly wind shear. Cyclone warnings were issued for the west Pilbara and upper west coast on the 16th but were cancelled on the morning of the 17th Continued shearing and subsequent movement over cooler waters weakened the storm to below cyclone strength by the morning of the 18th. Tropical Cyclone Tim Aus Tim 1994-03-30 2330Z.png Tim Aus 1994 path.png 28 March 3 April 35 40 995 Tropical Cyclone Tim was a very small weak system that moved on a generally westward path from south of Sumatra to the Cocos Islands from 28 March to 3 April 1994. It passed about 100 km to the south of Christmas Island but its effects, other than a wind shift, were barely recognizable on the Island. Severe Tropical Cyclone Vivienne Aus Vivienne 1994-04-08 2330Z.png Vivienne 1994 path.png 5 April 13 April 85 70 955 Tropical Cyclone Vivienne formed from a tropical low that had moved westward across the Timor Sea. It intensified rapidly during the afternoon and night of 5 April 1994, reaching maximum intensity on 8 April when it was located 550 km to the north-northwest of Broome. Its development from here on was hampered by vertical wind shear and Vivienne moved on a generally west-southwest path parallel to, but well offshore from, the Western Australian coastline. It dissipated on 13 April and no watches or warnings were issued. Tropical Depression 29P SPac 29P 1994-04-23 2200Z.png 29P 1994 path.png 23 April 25 April(Out of basin from 24-25 April) 30 1000 On 20 April, the JTWC started to monitor an area of low pressure that located over the Solomon Islands about 155 km mi on 5 to the north of Honiara.Joint Typhoon Warning Center 2011-08-12 http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/best_tracks/1994/1994s-bsh/bsh291994.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20120907200811/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/best_tracks/1994/1994s-bsh/bsh291994.txt dead 7 September 2012 Unattributed 2001-05-21 Tropical Cyclone 29P Best Track Analysis United States Navy During that day the disturbance moved towards the southeast and passed over several of the Solomon Islands, before emerging into the Australian basin. Over the next couple of days the disturbance gradually developed further while moving towards the southwest before re-curving and moving southeastwards. On 24 April, as it moved back into the South Pacific basin, the JTWC initiated advisories on the disturbance, designating it as Tropical Cyclone 29P, with peak windspeeds equivalent to a tropical depression.Roth, David https://groups.google.com/group/sci.geo.meteorology/browse_thread/thread/79eacfdbf3852891/036cb3fa4e7553fb? Weekly Tropical Cyclone Summary #140 (April 3 – 10, 1994) 1994-04-12 2011-08-12 As the system was classified, it recurved again and started to move slowly towards the northwest, and started to feel the effects of a high amount of vertical windshear. As a result of the windshear, the center became exposed and displaced from the deep convection before the JTWC issued their final advisory on 25 April as 29P weakened into an area of low pressure, before dissipating later that day about 600 km mi on 5 to the southwest of Honiara. Tropical Cyclone Willy Aus Willy 1994-04-28 0530Z.png Willy 1994 path.png 26 April 1 May 50 40 985 Willy was a Category 1 cyclone lasting from 26 April to 1 May 1994 that passed about 80 km west of the Cocos Islands. Other systems During 23 March, a weak tropical low developed within the South Pacific Convergence Zone near Papua New Guinea's Louisiade Archipelago, within an area of favourable surface and upper air conditions for further development.Tropical Cyclone Usha, 22-29 March, 1994 Global tropical/extratropical cyclone climatic atlas 21 May 1996 Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment 3 April 2015 Indiana University National Climatic Data Center 5 April 2015 http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/4274123/FID218/DATA/TROPIC/SWP_NAR/1994_11.NAR https://web.archive.org/web/20150405035924/http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/4274123/FID218/DATA/TROPIC/SWP_NAR/1994_11.NAR live Over the next day the system moved eastwards and gradually developed further, before TCWC Port Moresby reported that the system had developed into a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale and named it Usha during the next day before it moved into the South Pacific tropical cyclone basin. Storm names TCWC Perth Naomi Oscar Pearl Quenton Sharon Tim Vivienne Willy TCWC Brisbane Sadie Theodore Season effects |- | Naomi || 14 – 18 December || bgcolor=#A3|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A3|140 140 km/h (85 mph) || bgcolor=#A3|0960 960 hPa (28.34 inHg) || Western Australia || 0 Minimal || 0 None || |- | Oscar || 19931228 28 December – 9 January || bgcolor=#A1|Category 1 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A1|35 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A1|995 hPa inHg 4 on on || Northern Territory, Western Australia || 0 None || 0 None ||Australian Bureau of Meteorology 27 May 2022 http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/pdf/oscar94.pdf Tropical Cyclone Oscar |- | Rewa || 1229 29 December – 21 January || bgcolor=#A5|Category 5 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A5|110 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A5|920 hPa inHg 4 on on || Melanesia, Eastern Australia, New Zealand || 0 Unknown || 22 || |- | Pearl-Farah || 0110 10 – 21 January || bgcolor=#Aus3|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#Aus3|120 120 km/h (75 mph)|| bgcolor=#Aus3|0960 960 hPa (28.34 inHg) || Western Australia || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Quenton || 0122 22 – 29 January || bgcolor=#Aus3|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#Aus3|150 150 km/h (90 mph)|| bgcolor=#Aus3|0955 955 hPa (28.20 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Sadie || 0129 29 - 31 January || bgcolor=#A1|1 Category 1 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A1|45 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A1|990 hPa inHg 4 on on || Cape York || 0 None || 0 None ||Australian Bureau of Meteorology 27 May 2022 http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/sadie.shtml Tropical Cyclone Sadie1994 Tropical Cyclone Sadie (1994028S11136) International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship 1994028S11136 25 May 2022 |- | Unnamed || 20210309 17 – 22 February 1994 || bgcolor=#TL|Tropical Low || bgcolor=#TL|20-30 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#TL|985 hPa inHg 4 on on || Western Australia || 1 Unknown || 1 Unknown ||Australian Bureau of Meteorology 3 June 2022 http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/wa/1994.shtml 18 March 2012 Western Australia Tropical Cyclone Season Summary 1993-94 https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214959/http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/wa/1994.shtml dead |- | Theodore || 0222 22 – 26 February || bgcolor=#Aus5|Category 5 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#Aus5|215 215 km/h (130 mph)|| bgcolor=#Aus5|910 hPa inHg 4 on on || Papua New Guinea, Solomon IslandsNew Caledonia || Unknown || 1 || |- | Sharon || 0312 12 – 22 March || bgcolor=#Aus4|Category 4 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#Aus4|190 190 km/h (115 mph)|| bgcolor=#Aus4|930 hPa inHg 4 on on || Western Australia || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Tim || 0328 28 March – 3 April || bgcolor=#A1|Category 1 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A1|35 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A1|995 hPa inHg 4 on on || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Vivienne || 0405 5 – 13 April || bgcolor=#Aus3|Category 3 severe tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#Aus3|150 150 km/h (90 mph)|| bgcolor=#Aus3|955 hPa inHg 4 on on || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | 29P || 0425 24 – 25 April || bgcolor=#TD|Tropical Depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h (35 mph)|| bgcolor=#TD|1000 1000 hPa (29.53 inHg) || Solomon Islands || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Willy || 19940426 26 April – 2 May 1994 || bgcolor=#A2|3 Category 2 tropical cyclone || bgcolor=#A2|50 kn km/h mph 5 out on on || bgcolor=#A2|985 hPa inHg 4 on on || Cocos Islands || 0 None || 0 None ||1994 Tropical Cyclone Willy (1994116S05095) International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship 1993096S11101 28 May 2022 |- 14 systems 14 December - 1 May 205 km/h (125 mph) 910 hPa inHg 4 on on Minor 22 See also Tropical cyclones List of Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1993, 1994 Pacific hurricane seasons: 1993, 1994 Pacific typhoon seasons: 1993, 1994 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1993, 1994 References 1990 Australian region cyclone yes 1993 y Category:Australian region cyclone seasons