1993–94 South Pacific cyclone season
| 1993–94 South Pacific cyclone season | |
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Season summary map
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| Seasonal boundaries | |
| First system formed | December 26, 1993 |
| Last system dissipated | April 25, 1994 |
| Strongest storm | |
| Name | Theodore |
| • Maximum winds | 175 km/h (110 mph) (10-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure | 930 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Total depressions | 7 |
| Tropical cyclones | 5 |
| Severe tropical cyclones | 4 |
| Total fatalities | None reported |
| Total damage | Unknown |
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| Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale) | |
| Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | December 26 – January 23 |
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| Peak intensity | 150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min) 950 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | January 6 – January 8 |
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| Peak intensity | 55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min) 1002 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale) | |
| Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | January 22 – February 4 |
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| Peak intensity | 165 km/h (105 mph) (10-min) 945 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale) | |
| Category 4 tropical cyclone (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | February 26 – March 3 |
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| Peak intensity | 185 km/h (115 mph) (10-min) 933 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale) | |
| Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | March 19 – March 27 |
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| Peak intensity | 155 km/h (100 mph) (10-min) 955 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale) | |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | March 25 – April 4 |
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| Peak intensity | 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 980 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | April 24 – April 25 |
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| Peak intensity | 55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min) 1000 hPa (mbar) |
The 1993–94 South Pacific cyclone season was a near average tropical cyclone season with five tropical cyclones occurring within the South Pacific to the east of 160°E. The season officially ran from November 1, 1993, to April 30, 1994, with the first disturbance of the season forming on December 26 and the last disturbance dissipating on April 25.
During the season, tropical cyclones were officially monitored by the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) in Nadi, Fiji, and the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers (TCWC) in Brisbane, Australia and Wellington, New Zealand. Throughout the season the United States Navy also monitored the basin and issued unofficial warnings, through its Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and Naval Western and Oceanography Center (NWOC). Tropical cyclones that were located between 160°E and 120°W as well as the Equator and 25°S were monitored by RSMC Nadi while any that were located to the south of 25°S between 160°E and 120°W were monitored by TCWC Wellington. During the season the JTWC issued warnings on any tropical cyclone that was located between 160°E and 180° while the NPMOC issued warnings for tropical cyclones forming between the 180° and the American coast. RSMC Nadi and TCWC Wellington both used the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale, and measured windspeeds over a 10-minute period during the season, while the JTWC and the NPMOC measured sustained windspeeds over a 1 -minute period.
Early on December 26, the JTWC started to monitor a tropical disturbance that had developed about 575 km (355 mi) to the south-east of Nauru. Over the next couple of days the disturbance gradually developed as it moved towards the south-southwest under the influence of a north-easterly flow. Early on December 28, TCWC Nadi started to monitor the disturbance as a tropical depression. Later that day, the JTWC classified the depression as Tropical Cyclone 05P, before TCWC Nadi reported that the system had intensified into a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale and named it Rewa. Over the next few days, the system gradually intensified under the influence of favourable upper-level winds while it moved towards the south-southwest, passing through the Solomon Islands on December 29 and affecting the southeastern islands of Papua New Guinea. As it moved through the Solomon Islands, Rewa moved out of the South Pacific basin and into the Australian region.
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