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| Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS) | |
 Super Typhoon Kent at peak intensity | |
| Formed | August 5 |
|---|---|
| Dissipated | August 20 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 240 km/h (150 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 910 hPa (mbar); 26.87 inHg |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Damage | Over $300 million (1992 USD) |
| Areas affected | Japan |
| Part of the 1992 Pacific typhoon season | |
Super Typhoon Kent (international designation: 9211, JTWC designation: 11W) was a powerful and long-lived Category 4 typhoon that caused considerable and massive damage to Japan. The eighth typhoon and first super typhoon of the 1992 Pacific typhoon season, Kent developed as a tropical depression on August 5. It steadily intensified into a tropical storm the next day, then reaching typhoon status on August 10, 1990. Kent reached its peak intensity as a strong 240
Meteorological history[edit]
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
Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depressionWhile the active Typhoon Janis was making its way towards the Ryukyu Islands, Kent developed as a tropical depression on August 5 about 1,230 kilometers ( south-southeast of Wake Island. Moving west-northwestwards at about 19 km/h, The depression steadily intensified on 6 August, and was given the name Kent.
That night, Tropical Storm Kent rapidly intensified and reached severe tropical storm strength. It weakened briefly to a tropical storm the next day but re-intensified into a severe tropical storm on August 9 as it moved west-northwestwards.
Kent became a typhoon about 1,340 kilometers (830 miles) west of Wake Island the following day and developed an eye. Kent attained peak intensity on August 12 when the maximum sustained winds reached (150 mph) and the minimum central pressure reading near its centre were estimated to be 910 mbar (hPa; 26.87 inHg) respectively. After moving north-northwestwards at 10 km/h (6 mph) for about three days, Kent turned west-northwestwards at 12 km/h (7 mph) and passed close to the Ogasawara Islands on August 15. Early the next day, it weakened to a severe tropical storm about 1,040 kilometers (650 miles) east-southeast of Kagoshima. On August 18, Tropical Storm Kent made landfall on the island of Kyushu, as a strong tropical storm. Kent degenerated into an area of low pressure over the coastal waters off eastern Kyushu shortly after having made landfall on the island.
Super Typhoon Kent produced extremely torrential rains to Kyushu and swept five people into the ocean before striking Japan. Kent produced extensive to extremely massive damages on the island. Waves battered the coast of the nation and two other people were reported as missing because of Kent. At the time, Kent was the wettest typhoon in the nation. The record has since been broken by future typhoons.
Impact[edit]
| Precipitation | Storm | Location | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | mm | in | |||
| 1 | 2781.0 | 109.50 | Fran 1976 | Hiso | [1] |
| 2 | >2000.0 | >78.74 | Namtheun 2004 | Kisawa | [2] |
| 3 | 1805.5 | 71.08 | Talas 2011 | Kamikitayama | [3] |
| 4 | 1518.9 | 59.80 | Olive 1971 | Ebino | [4] |
| 5 | 1322.0 | 52.04 | Nabi 2005 | Mikado | [5] |
| 6 | 1286.0 | 50.62 | Kent 1992 | Hidegadake | [6] |
| 7 | 1167.0 | 45.94 | Judy 1989 | Hidegadake | [7] |
| 8 | 1138.0 | 44.80 | Abby 1983 | Amagisan | [8] |
| 9 | 1124.0 | 44.25 | Flo 1990 | Yanase | [9] |
| 10 | ~1092.0 | ~43.00 | Trix 1971 | Yangitake | [10] |
References[edit]
- ^ Ikuo Tasaka (1981). "The Difference of Rainfall Distribution in Relation to Time-Scale: A Case Study on Heavy Rainfall of September 8–13, 1976, in the Shikoku Island Caused by Typhoon 7617 Fran" (PDF). Geographical Review of Japan (in Japanese). 54 (10): 570–578. doi:10.4157/grj.54.570. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ Gonghui Wang; Akira Suemine; Gen Furuya; Masahiro Kaibori & Kyoji Sassa (2006). Rainstorm-induced landslides in Kisawa village, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan (PDF) (Report). International Association for Engineering Geology. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ "Typhoon Talas". Japan Meteorological Agency. 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
- ^ "Typhoons of the Western North Pacific, 1971". Climatological Data: National Summary. 22 (1). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: 771. January 1971. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "台風200514号 (Nabi) - 災害情報" (in Japanese). National Institute of Informatics. 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "台風199211号 (Kent) - 災害情報" (in Japanese). National Institute of Informatics. 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "アメダス日出岳（64211）＠台風198911号" (in Japanese). National Institute of Informatics. 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "台風198305号 (Abby) - 災害情報" (in Japanese). National Institute of Informatics. 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "台風199019号 (Flo) - 災害情報" (in Japanese). National Institute of Informatics. 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "Annual Tropical Cyclone Report: Typhoon Trix" (PDF). Joint Typhoon Warning Center. United States Navy. 1972. pp. 183–192. Retrieved April 12, 2013.