2000 Western Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Damrey 2000
Typhoon Damrey became a compact Category 5 storm over the western Pacific in May 2000. Its rapid strengthening gave way to an equally sharp decline when wind shear disrupted the small circulation.
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178 mph
May 9, 2000 during the tropical stage
Full archive record, including non-tropical stages if present
Along the recorded center positions
STORM HISTORY
The season's first named storm
Damrey began as a tropical low near Palau on May 3. It drifted northwest and organized into a tropical storm, receiving the Philippine name Asiang before the Japan Meteorological Agency named it Damrey. A weakening subtropical ridge allowed the storm to turn northeast.
A small, intense circulation
Damrey became a typhoon on May 8 and developed a distinct eye. Its small, symmetrical circulation strengthened to maximum one-minute winds of 155 kt on May 9. The archive records a minimum central pressure of 930 hPa.
Strong vertical wind shear then reduced Damrey to a tropical storm within about a day. Thunderstorms diminished around the center as the system accelerated northeast. It became extratropical on May 12 and persisted over the North Pacific until mid-May. The saved season account reports no significant effects on land.
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QUICK ANSWERS
Damrey in brief
What was Typhoon Damrey's highest wind speed?
178 mph, the highest one-minute sustained wind in its tropical stage, recorded on May 9, 2000, 06:00 PM UTC.
What category was Typhoon Damrey?
Category 5 at its peak on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale, first reaching Category 5 on May 9, 2000, 09:00 AM UTC. Other agencies classify storms differently.
What was Typhoon Damrey's lowest pressure?
930 mb, the minimum central pressure recorded during its tropical stage, on May 9, 2000, 12:00 PM UTC.
When did Typhoon Damrey occur?
The archived track runs from May 3, 2000, 06:00 PM UTC to May 16, 2000, 06:00 PM UTC, with the tropical stage from May 3, 2000, 06:00 PM UTC to May 12, 2000, 09:00 AM UTC.
Where did Typhoon Damrey form?
In the Western Pacific basin, in the 2000 season. Its first archived position is 6.2°N, 135.7°E on May 3, 2000, 06:00 PM UTC.
Did Typhoon Damrey make landfall?
No archived position places Typhoon Damrey's center over land, but positions are six-hourly and a brief landfall can fall between them.
METHODOLOGY
Data sources and limitations
The map and summary are generated from NOAA's IBTrACS v04r01 archive. Wind and category use US-agency records; minimum pressure is calculated during the tropical stage, with the archive's pressure source retained. Category 5 refers to the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale; local agencies may use different classifications. Coastlines use Natural Earth's 1:10m land data.
Track distance adds great-circle distances between consecutive observations, excluding gaps over 12 hours. This track has no gaps over 12 hours. The line shows the storm's center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Converted wind speeds are rounded to the nearest whole unit.
Archive retrieved
NOAA IBTrACS archive and Field documentation
Sources & methodology