Retired typhoon names

[HurricaneBill]

I saw an article recently that discussed which typhoon names have been retired since they started using the Asian list.

Here they are:

2001 Typhoon Vamei (Category 1) (Singapore)

2002 Super Typhoon Chataan (Category 4) (Micronesia)

2002 Typhoon Rusa (Category 4) (South Korea)

2002 Super Typhoon Pongsona (Category 4) (Guam)

2003 Super Typhoon Imbudo (Category 4) (Philippines/China)

2003 Super Typhoon Maemi (Category 5) (South Korea)

2004 Super Typhoon Sudal (Category 4) (Micronesia)

2005 Typhoon Matsa (Category 2) (China)

2005 Super Typhoon Nabi (Category 5) (Japan)

2005 Super Typhoon Longwang (Category 4) (Taiwan/China)

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I expect to see the first tropical storm added to that soon. His name is Billis.

[HurricaneBill]

Actually, I think Saomai would have a better chance of retirement.

[wxmann_91]

Both Bilis and Saomai should be retired IMO.

[StormScanWx]

Chanchu should be retired as well, in my opinion.

[Brent]

2005 Super Typhoon Longwang (Category 4) (Taiwan/China)

That's too bad. The jokes wrote themselves when that storm was around.

[AussieMark]

was Linda of 1997 ever retired?

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Nope never hit land.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Nope never hit land.

[HurricaneBill]

was Linda of 1997 ever retired?

No, they rarely retired names back then.

Although I definitely would have retired her. She was one of the deadliest typhoons in decades.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I thought you where talking about the Eastern Pacific 160 knot monster that formed in 1997.

[HurricaneBill]

Nope never hit land.

She hit Vietnam and Thailand, leaving 4502 people dead or missing. She also caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. She was considered the worst typhoon disaster in Vietnam in the 20th century.

She also only peaked at 65KT.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Like I said I thought she was her sister Linda in the Eastern Pacific.

[AnnularCane]

Nope never hit land.

She hit Vietnam and Thailand, leaving 4502 people dead or missing. She also caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. She was considered the worst typhoon disaster in Vietnam in the 20th century.

She also only peaked at 65KT.

I think he meant Linda in the EPAC. Right?

[AussieMark]

yes but we never mentioned Linda in Eastern Pacific, Matt did

this was a thread on retired Typhoons and I asked if Linda was ever retired

[Brent]

This thread is about Typhoon names, which only occur in the WPAC.

[Aslkahuna]

There have been a number of names that have come from the Pacific (both sides) over the ATL only to be retired there. For starters Opal was a WPAC and there were a couple of really bad Opals in WPAC. Ivan was a monster Super in WPAC, Katrina had a nasty rep in EPAC and in 1967 Katrina slammed Arizona fairly hard as a TS, Rita-ah yes Rita, the 1972 version was the kingpin of some of the worst Asian flooding and is the longest lived typhoon on record and the 1978 version is one of a handful of storms with a sub 880mb MSLP and it really did a number on the offshore islands from Luzon, Wilma has an especially sad reputation since it was the first storm ever to claim a recon crew as a STY in 1952.

Steve

[AussieMark]

btw if a storm is retired is it just retired from that basin or retired from use in any basin?

[wxmann_91]

It's just retired from that basin. Steve's post above implyed that.

[AussieMark]

ah yeah thats right Celia is still used in Eastern Pacific oops dumb question