200 - Typhoon Committee

ESCAP/WMO
Typhoon Committee Annual Review 2007
2.2. NARRATIVE REPORTS OF INDIVIDUAL TROPICAL CYCLONES
WHICH AFFECTED MEMBERS OF THE TYPHOON COMMITTEE
2.2.1 KONG-REY (0701)
30 Mar – 6 April
Stage
JAPAN
Times from Available Post Analysis
HONG KONG
TD 12UTC 30/03 06UTC 31/03
TS 00UTC 01/04 18UTC 31/03
STS 18UTC 01/04 18UTC 01/04
T 00UTC 03/04 00UTC 03/04
STS 18UTC 04/04 06UTC 04/04
TS 06UTC 05/04 06UTC 05/04
LOW 00UTC 06/04 -
DISSIPATION 00UTC 07/04 -
KONG-REY (0701) formed as a tropical depression (TD)
over the western North Pacific around the Marshall
Islands at 12UTC on 30 March 2007 and moved westnorthwestwards.
Kong-rey intensified into a tropical
storm on 1 April. Keeping the northwestward track, it
intensified into a severe tropical storm at 18UTC on 2
April and further into a typhoon at 00UTC on 3 April.
Kong-rey attained the peak strength with maximum
sustained wind of 148 km/h and central pressure of 960
hPa at 12UTC on 3 April. After turning east-northeastward,
it was downgraded to tropical storm intensity at 06UTC
on 5 April and then transformed into an extra-tropical
cyclone east of Minamitorishima Islands the next day.
Moving to the east, it dissipated on 7 April.
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