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    TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2003

    TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2003

    TABLE 4.2    

    TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS FOR SHIPPING ISSUED IN 2003

    Tropical cyclone No. of
    warnings
    issued
    Date and time of issue of Duration
    (hours)
    First warning Last warning
    Date/Month Time+ Date/Month Time+
      Typhoon Kujira 35 20/ 4 2100 24/ 4 1800 93
      Severe Tropical Storm Linfa 27 25/ 5 1200 28/ 5 1500 75
      Severe Tropical Storm Nangka 18   1/ 6 0000   3/ 6 0000 48
      Typhoon Soudelor 23 15/ 6 1800 18/ 6 0900 63
    * Severe Tropical Storm Koni 44 17/ 7 0600 22/ 7 0900 123
    * Typhoon Imbudo 28 21/ 7 1800 24/ 7 1800 72
      Tropical Storm Morakot 22   2/ 8 0600   4/ 8 1800 60
      Tropical Storm Vamco 9 19/ 8 0600 20/ 8 0600 24
    * Typhoon Krovanh 34 22/ 8 0000 25/ 8 2100 93
    * Typhoon Dujuan 18   1/ 9 0300   3/ 9 0300 48
      Severe Tropical Storm Melor 34 31/10 0600   4/11 0600 96
      Typhoon Nepartak 50 13/11 1800 19/11 1200 138
    Total 342   918 #

    # Including 15 hours with warnings issued concurrently for two different tropical cyclones.
    * Tropical cyclones for which tropical cyclone warning signals were issued in Hong Kong.
    + Times are given in UTC.

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