1950 Pacific typhoon season
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The 1950 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1950, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
(1-minute sustained)
| 1950 Pacific typhoon season | |
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Season summary map | |
| Seasonal boundaries | |
| First system formed | April 12, 1950 |
| Last system dissipated | January 1, 1951 |
| Strongest storm | |
| By maximum sustained winds | Doris |
| • Maximum winds | 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure | 922 hPa (mbar) |
| By central pressure | Clara |
| • Maximum winds | 230 km/h (145 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure | 899 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Total storms | 18 |
| Typhoons | 12 |
| Super typhoons | 1 (unofficial) |
| Total fatalities | 544 total |
| Total damage | Unknown |
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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 1950 Pacific hurricane season. This would be the first season that Fleet Weather Center in Guam, predecessor agency to Joint Typhoon Warning Center, would take most of the responsibility in the basin, including naming the storms.[1] Before this season, the storms are identified and named by the United States Armed Services, and these names are taken from the list that USAS publicly adopted before the 1945 season started.[2][3]
Summary
Systems
Severe Tropical Storm One
The storm existed from April 12 to April 15 without making landfall.
Super Typhoon Doris
Doris was a Category 4 Super typhoon that remained out to sea at its lifetime. It formed on May 6, peaking as a Category 4 with winds up to 240km/h (150 mph) and with a pressure of 922 mbar and dissipated on May 14.
Tropical Storm 02W
This storm impacted Taiwan as a tropical storm.
Typhoon Elsie
Elsie was a Category 1 typhoon that remained out to sea at its lifetime. It formed on June 22, peaking as a Category 1 with winds up to 140km/h (85 mph) and with a pressure of 981 mbar and dissipated on June 24.
CMA Severe Tropical Storm Six
The storm struck Japan as a tropical storm. It was only recorded by CMA.
Tropical Storm Flossie
Flossie hit Japan as a tropical storm.
Typhoon Grace
Typhoon Grace impacted Korea and Japan.
Tropical Storm Helene
It formed on July 24th, then stalled near Japan. Then raced towards China, Then dissipated on August 1st. Overall, Tropical Storm Helene caused 2 deaths.
CMA Tropical Storm Thirteen
The storm impacted Japan.
CMA Tropical Storm Fifteen
The storm hit Hokkaido, Japan.
JMA Tropical Storm Sixteen
This storm was the third and last storm consecutively to make landfall on Japan.
Typhoon Ida
Ida was a Category 1 typhoon that remained out to sea.
JMA Severe Tropical Storm Twenty
This storm impacted Japan and South Korea. This storm also occurred in the Korean War, where Korean soldiers were battling in South Korea during the storm's impact on land.
CMA Tropical Storm Twenty-one
Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-one was a severe tropical storm that remained in open waters.
Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-three
Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-Three tracked through Japan.
Typhoon Jane
Typhoon Jane struck the island of Shikoku in Japan on 3 September. Resulting flooding and landslides killed 539 people.
In late August, a depression formed and quickly intensified into a tropical storm and was given the name Jane. The storm drifted west northwestward and intensified into a typhoon. Jane gradually curved to the north and intensified to a category 2 typhoon. Jane shortly reached category 3 status and peak intensity at 185 km/h (115 mph). The typhoon accelerated to the north-northeast and weakened to a category 2 storm and made landfall in the modern-day Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area. Jane crossed Kyoto Prefecture and weakened to a tropical storm and crossed the Noto Peninsula and reentered the Sea of Japan and passed just west of Sado Island. The storm struck eastern Aomori Prefecture and crossed the Tsugaru Straits and made a final landfall on the south coast of Hokkaido Prefecture. Jane crossed Hokkaido and dissipated south of the Kuril Islands.
Typhoon Kezia
On September 13 Typhoon Kezia hit part of the fleet off Kyushu.
P-51 Mustangs belonging to No. 77 Squadron RAAF were grounded at Iwakuni because of the typhoon on September 13 and 14.[4]
There was great damage in western Japan. In Japan, 30 dead, 19 missing people, 35 injured. The total damage and breakage of the house is 4,836. There are 121,1924 inundated houses. In the Itsukushima Shrine the building was damaged, the Kintai Bridge was lost.[5]
Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-six
This storm tracked through Vietnam and Laos.
Tropical Storm Lucretia-Nancy
The storm was first tracked by CMA on September 11.
Typhoon Missatha
Typhoon Missatha paralleled Japan.
Typhoon Ossia
Typhoon Ossia impacted the Philippines.
Typhoon Petie
Petie was a category 2 typhoon that stayed out at sea.
Severe Tropical Storm Thirty-five
The storm didn't make landfall.
Typhoon Ruby-Anita
The storm stayed out at sea without affecting land.
Typhoon Billie
Billie was a category 1 typhoon that stayed out at sea.
Typhoon Clara
Clara was a Category 4 typhoon that didn't make landfall.
Tropical Storm Delilah
This tropical storm affected the Philippines.
Tropical Storm Ellen
Ellen remained at sea, without impacting land.
Typhoon Fran
Typhoon Fran was a late season storm that struck the northern Philippines killing 5 people.[6]
Storm names
The names came from a series of four rotating lists.[citation needed] Names were used one after the other without regard to year, and when the bottom of one list was reached, the next named storm received the name at the top of the next list. [citation needed] The names Elsie, Flossie, Jane, Kezia, Lucretia, Missatha, Ossia, Petie, Ruby, Salome, Anita, Billie, Clara, Delilah, Ellen, and Fran were used for the first time this season.
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Names decommissioned
For unknown reasons, the names Helene, Jane, Kezia, Lucretia, Missatha, Ossia, Petie, Salome, and Delilah were replaced with Helen, June, Kathy, Lorna, Marie, Olga, Pamela, Sally, and Dot when this list was reused for the 1953, 1954, and 1955 seasons respectively.[citation needed]
