Four storms have been named Warren since 1981: one in the Southern Hemisphere (1995) and three in the West Pacific (1981, 1984 and 1988). The strongest, in 1988, peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h).
Warren formed in the Southern Hemisphere in March 1995 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 960 mb. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Warren (1995): track and historyWarren formed in the West Pacific in July 1988 and peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It made landfall near Jieshi, China. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Typhoon Warren (1988): track and historyWarren formed in the West Pacific in October 1984 and peaked as a Category 1 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 975 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 17 days.
Typhoon Warren (1984): track and historyWarren formed in the West Pacific in August 1981 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. It made 2 landfalls, first near Wanning, China and last near Thái Bình, Vietnam. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Warren (1981): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren 1995 | 16.9°S 138.7°E | 1995-03-05 18:00 | 65 mph / 100 km/h |
| Warren 1988 | Jieshi, China | 1988-07-19 09:00 | 65 mph / 105 km/h |
| Warren 1981 | Wanning, China | 1981-08-18 18:00 | 40 mph / 65 km/h |
| Warren 1981 | Thái Bình, Vietnam | 1981-08-20 03:00 | 45 mph / 70 km/h |
Storms named Warren appear in more than one ocean in our archive:
Each ocean region keeps its own name lists, drawn up by its own WMO regional committee (Tropical cyclone naming), so the same name can be given to unrelated storms in different oceans.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Warren in 1995, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on March 3, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 4 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1988, 1984 and 1981.
Typhoon Warren in 1988 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 typhoon with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in July and made landfall near Jieshi, China. The weakest of the four, in 1981, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).