Tropical Storm Beatriz (1993)

This article is about 1993's Tropical Storm Beatriz. For other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Beatriz (disambiguation).
Tropical Storm Beatriz
Tropical storm (SSHWS/NWS)

Tropical Storm Beatriz off the coast of Mexico
Formed June 18, 1993 [1]
Dissipated June 20, 1993 [2]
Highest winds 1-minute sustained: 65 mph (100 km/h)
Lowest pressure 995 mbar (hPa); 29.38 inHg
Fatalities 6
Damage $1.7 billion (1993 USD)
Areas affected Mexico
Part of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season

Tropical Storm Beatriz of 1993 was a strong tropical storm that made landfall in Mexico during the moderately active 1993 Pacific hurricane season. It had managed to cause $1.7 billion (1993 USD) in damages throughout Mexico.

Meteorological history

Map plotting the track and intensity of the storm according to the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale

The second named storm of the season originated from a slow-moving area of increasing cloudiness over the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 14. Moving little, a broad area of low pressure formed within the mass, but the area remained disorganized, although a tropical wave moved through on June 16. However, another tropical wave moved through on June 18, and the area of cloudiness gradually became more concentrated, and post-storm analysis indicated that a tropical depression formed on June 18 near Huatulco as banding increased. A report of tropical storm-force winds from a ship was issued, and the depression was quickly upgraded to Tropical Storm Beatriz.

Beatriz moved northwest due to influence from the outflow from developing Tropical Storm Arlene in the Gulf of Mexico, briefly reaching its peak intensity of 65 mph (105 km/h) on June 19 shortly prior to landfall near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. The storm quickly made its landfall in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Beatriz quickly weakened after landfall, dissipating over the mountainous southwest Mexican terrain, although the remnant cloudiness associated from the storm's circulation spread over portions of the western Gulf of Mexico on June 20. [3]

Impact

Costliest known Pacific hurricanes
Storm Season Cost, equivalent
to US$ in 2015
Manuel 2013 $4.27 billion
Paul 1982 $3.83 billion
Iniki 1992 $3.04 billion
Beatriz 1993 $2.79 billion
"Mexico" 1959 $2.28 billion
Odile 2014 $1.22 billion
Octave 1983 $1.22 billion
Agatha 2010 $1.2 billion
Aletta 1982 $1.12 billion
Norman 1978 $1.09 billion

Beatriz caused extensive damage in southwest Mexico, especially from heavy rains and flooding, with highest rainfall totals of between five and ten inches occurring in Oaxaca, with even higher totals of 11.97 in (304 mm) and 15.46 in (393 mm) from Las Pilas and Salina Cruz. Six deaths were reported in the Mexican states of Morelos and Veracruz from flooding and downed trees attributed to Beatriz. [3] Total losses from the storm amounted to $1.7 billion (1993 USD; $2.58 billion 2011 USD).[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tropical Storm BEATRIZ tracking". Weather Underground. July 1993.
  2. ↑ "Beatriz 1993 tracking". Storm Pulse. 1993.
  3. 1 2 Mayfield, Max (July 31, 1993). "Tropical Storm Beatriz Preliminary Report, Page 1". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Hurricanes and Typhoons with Economic Losses of One Billion Dollars or More, 1950-2005" (XLS). Earth Policy. 2008. Retrieved March 6, 1993. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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