Iwa is a retired Pacific hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1982 storm, so no future storm in the eastern or central Pacific will be called Iwa. It is the only storm named Iwa in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
Yes. Iwa is on NHC’s list of retired eastern and central Pacific names because of the 1982 storm. It is one of 22 names retired there since 1965 (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
A name is retired when a storm was so deadly or costly that using the name again would be insensitive; the World Meteorological Organization then picks a new name with the same first letter at its annual meeting.
It won’t be. Retired names are not used again on the eastern and central Pacific lists.
Iwa formed in the Central Pacific in November 1982 and peaked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Hurricane Iwa (1982): track and historyThe most recent was Hurricane Iwa in 1982, in the Central Pacific. It formed on November 19, peaked at 90 mph (150 km/h) and lasted 6 days. It did not make landfall. It is the only storm named Iwa in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.