Typhoon Tapah (2019)

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This article is about the 2019 typhoon. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Tapah.

Typhoon Tapah (Nimfa)
Tapah over the East China Sea on September 21
Meteorological history
FormedSeptember 17, 2019
DissipatedSeptember 22, 2019
Typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds130 km/h (80 mph)
Lowest pressure969 hPa (mbar); 28.61 inHg
Category 1-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS)
Highest winds140 km/h (85 mph)
Lowest pressure967 hPa (mbar); 28.56 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities3
Damage>$6.9 million (2025 USD)
Areas affectedTaiwan, East China, Japan, South Korea
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Part of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Tapah, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nimfa, was a fairly strong tropical cyclone that peaked as a Category 1-equivalent typhoon, causing damages in Japan and South Korea in mid-September 2019. The seventeenth named storm and the seventh typhoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, Tapah formed on September 17 from the remnants of Tropical Depression Marilyn.[citation needed]

Meteorological history

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Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

On September 17, a tropical depression formed from the remnants of Tropical Depression Marilyn east of Batanes.[citation needed] The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) later named the system Nimfa as it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), with the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issuing a medium warning.[1] The JTWC later issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) for Nimfa, but it was still classified as a monsoon depression, before afterwards designated Nimfa as 18W. The depression was upgraded by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to a tropical storm, and was named Tapah.[citation needed] A non-warning tropical depression in the South China Sea merged with the circulation of Tapah on September 19.[2] It still had a disorganized and mostly exposed center on that day, though later re-organized itself, and further intensified into a severe tropical storm.[citation needed] Tapah exited the PAR two days later after PAGASA issued its last advisory for it. The storm further intensified as it passed the Ryukyu Islands, upgraded to a typhoon as per the JMA. Later, Tapah weakened into a severe tropical storm, as its wind field diameter expanded.[citation needed] It then began to rapidly weaken, transitioning into an extratropical storm on September 23 at 00:00 UTC. Then, by 18:00 UTC on the same day, the extratropical remnants of Tapah fully dissipated in the Sea of Japan.[3]

Preparation

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JMA issued a red warning for stormy weather and high waves over the coastal Prefectures of central and northern Honshu. Moderate rainfall to locally heavy rainfall was forecasted for the area.[4]

Impact and aftermath

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Across the Okinawa and the Miyazaki Prefecture, 21 people were injured and regional authorities had issued evacuation advisories for more than 2,000 people. In addition, media reported that more than 400 flights were canceled and that several railway disruptions and power outages affected around 28,500 buildings.[5] During the passage of Tapah, three people were killed in Japan,[6][7][8] and the agricultural damage amounted to ¥583 million (US$5.42 million).[9][10] Damages in South Korea were at ₩2.96 billion (US$2.48 million).[11][12] Though three deaths were reported during the storm, officials said that they were not related to Tapah.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Arceo, Acor (September 17, 2019). "LPA east of Batanes now Tropical Depression Nimfa". Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Nimfa' may exit PAR on Saturday". www.philstar.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". www.wis-jma.go.jp. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Japan, South Korea - Tropical Cyclone TAPAH (GDACS, JTWC, JMA, media ) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 September 2019) - Japan | ReliefWeb". September 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "Japan, South Korea - Tropical Cyclone TAPAH (GDACS, JTWC, JMA, media ) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 September 2019) - Japan | ReliefWeb". September 23, 2019.
  6. ^ 沖縄タイムス配達員の79歳女性が死亡 台風の暴風で転倒か (in Japanese). Ryukyu Shimpo. September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  7. ^ 台風17号九州接近 日向市でサーフィンの男性死亡 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  8. ^ 台風１７号、長野で死者１人 (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun. September 24, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  9. ^ 台風17号 沖縄県内の農作物の被害額は (in Japanese). Okinawa Times. September 24, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  10. ^ 台風１７号被害 農林業５億円超 (in Japanese). Nagasaki Culture Telecasting Corporation. September 27, 2019. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  11. ^ 포항시, 태풍 '타파' 13억6100만원 피해 (in Korean). News Daily. September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  12. ^ 문서현 (October 8, 2019). 제17호 태풍 타파 재난지원금 109억 잠정집계 (in Korean). News Daily. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  13. ^ "Powerful typhoon causes minor injuries, damage in S. Korea". Associated Press. September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
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