The 1950 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1950, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern

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between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the

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. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see

1950 Pacific hurricane season The 1950 Pacific hurricane season was a season which was notable for having the third-wettest tropical cyclone in United States history, Hurricane Hiki. Seven known tropical cyclones occurred during the season, the earliest of which formed on Ju ...

. This would be the first season that Fleet Weather Center in

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, predecessor agency to

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, would take most of the responsibility in the basin, including naming the storms. Before this season, the storms are identified and named by the United States Armed Services, and these names are taken from the list that USAS publicly adopted before the 1945 season started.

Summary

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Systems

Severe Tropical Storm One

Typhoon Doris

Doris was a Category 4 Super typhoon that remained out to sea at its lifetime. It formed on May 6, peaking as a Category 4 with winds up to 240km/h (150 mph) and with a pressure of 922 mbar and dissipated on May 14.

Tropical Storm 02W

This storm impacted

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Typhoon Elsie

CMA Severe Tropical Storm Six

Typhoon Flossie

Typhoon Grace

Typhoon Grace impacted Korea and Japan.

Tropical Storm Helene

It formed on July 24th, then stalled near Japan. Then raced towards China, Then dissipated on August 1st. Overall, Tropical Storm Helene caused 2 deaths.

Tropical Storm Thirteen

Tropical Storm Fifteen

Tropical Storm Sixteen

This storm was the third and last storm consecutively to make landfall on Japan.

Typhoon Ida

Tropical Depression Twenty

This storm impacted Japan and South Korea. This storm also occurred in the

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, where Korean soldiers were battling in South Korea during the storm's impact on land.

Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-one

Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-one was a severe tropical storm that remained in open waters.

Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-three

Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-Three tracked through Japan.

Typhoon Jane

Typhoon Jane struck the island of Shikoku in Japan on 3 September. Resulting flooding and landslides killed 539 peopl

In late August, a depression formed and quickly intensified into a tropical storm and was given the name Jane. The storm drifted west northwestward and intensified into a

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. Jane gradually curved to the north and intensified to a category 2 typhoon. Jane shortly reached category 3 status and peak intensity at 185 km/h (115 mph). The typhoon accelerated to the north-northeast and weakened to a category 2 storm and made landfall in the modern-day

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area. Jane crossed

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and weakened to a tropical storm and crossed the

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and reentered the

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and passed just west of

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. The storm struck eastern

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and crossed the Tsugaru Straits and made a final landfall on the south coast of

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. Jane crossed Hokkaido and dissipated south of the

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Typhoon Kezia

On September 13 Typhoon Kezia hit part of the fleet off

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belonging to No. 77 Squadron RAAF were grounded at

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because of the typhoon on September 13 and 14. There was great damage in western Japan. In Japan, 30 dead, 19 missing people, 35 injured. The total damage and breakage of the house is 4,836. There are 121,1924 inundated houses. In the

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the building was damaged, the

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was lost.

Severe Tropical Storm Twenty-six

This storm tracked through Vietnam and Laos.

Tropical Storm Lucretia-Nancy

Typhoon Missatha

Typhoon Missatha paralleled Japan.

Typhoon Ossia

Typhoon Ossia impacted the Philippines.

Typhoon Petie

Severe Tropical Storm Thirty-five

Typhoon Ruby-Anita

Typhoon Billie

Typhoon Clara

Tropical Storm Delilah

This tropical storm affected the Philippines.

Severe Tropical Storm Ellen

Ellen remained at sea, without impacting land.

Typhoon Fran

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Storm names

21 names were used during the season, the first being Doris and the last being Fran.

Names decommissioned

For unknown reasons, the names Helene, Jane, Kezia, Lucretia, Missatha, Ossia, Petie, Salome and Delilah were replaced with Helen, June, Kathy, Lorna, Marie, Olga, Pamela, Sally and Dot.

References

External links

Unisys season tracks

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