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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2017

Table 4.2    Tropical cyclone warnings for shipping issued in 2017

Tropical Cyclone Name
No. of warnings
issued
Date and time of issue of
Duration
(hours)
First warning
Last warning
Date/Month
Time+
Date/Month
Time+
Tropical Depression 5 8/ 1 2100 9/ 1 0900 12
Tropical Depression 13 15/ 4 1800 17/ 4 0300 33
*Severe Tropical Storm Merbok 23 10/ 6 2100 13/ 6 0300 54
Severe Tropical Storm Nanmadol 8 2/ 7 1200 3/ 7 0900 21
Severe Tropical Storm Talas 16 15/ 7 0600 17/ 7 0000 42
Tropical Storm Sonca 30 22/ 7 0300 25/ 7 1800 87
*Tropical Storm Roke 11 22/ 7 0600 23/ 7 1200 30
Tropical Storm Haitang 26 28/ 7 0600 31/ 7 0600 72
Typhoon Nesat 17 28/ 7 0900 30/ 7 0900 48
*Super Typhoon Hato 23 20/ 8 2100 23/ 8 1500 66
*Severe Tropical Storm Pakhar 23 24/ 8 2100 27/ 8 1500 66
*Severe Tropical Storm Mawar 33 31/ 8 0600 4/ 9 0600 96
Tropical Depression Guchol 12 6/ 9 0000 7/ 9 0900 33
Severe Typhoon Doksuri 31 12/ 9 0000 15/ 9 1200 84
Super Typhoon Talim 15 13/ 9 1800 15/ 9 0900 39
*Tropical Depression 14 23/ 9 1500 25/ 9 0600 39
Tropical Depression 9 8/10 2100 9/10 2100 24
*Severe Typhoon Khanun 34 12/10 0600 16/10 0600 96
Typhoon Damrey 30 31/10 1800 4/11 0900 87
Severe Tropical Storm Haikui 26 9/11 1200 12/11 1200 72
Tropical Storm Kirogi 18 17/11 0900 19/11 1200 51
Tropical Storm Kai-tak 22 16/12 1200 19/12 0300 63
Total 439         1098

* Tropical cyclones for which tropical cyclone warning signals were issued in Hong Kong.
+ Times are given in UTC.