Ema is the 2nd name on Central Pacific list 1. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center uses its four Hawaiian lists one name after another, across years, so no name has a set year. The next name up is Olana, and Ema comes 41 names after it. Since 1982, two storms have been named Ema; the strongest, in 2019, peaked as a tropical storm.
No. Ema is on Central Pacific list 1, and it is not on NHC’s list of retired central and eastern Pacific names (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
When the rotation reaches it. Central Pacific names are used one after the other, and after the last name of list 4 the rotation goes back to list 1 (Tropical Cyclone Names). The next name up is Olana; Ema comes 41 names after it.
Ema formed in the Central Pacific in October 2019 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1003 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Ema (2019): track and historyEma formed in the Central Pacific in September 1982 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Ema (1982): track and historyEma is name 2 of 12 on Central Pacific list 1. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center names storms that reach tropical-storm strength between 140°W and the International Date Line, taking the next name in the rotation, so a Hawaiian name belongs to whichever storm comes along when its turn arrives.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Ema in 2019, in the Central Pacific. It formed on October 11, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. Ema is name 2 on Central Pacific list 1. Before that, the name was used in 1982.
Tropical Storm Ema in 2019 was the strongest, peaking as a tropical storm with winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1003 mb. It formed in the Central Pacific in October. The weakest of the two, in 1982, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).