Typhoon Billie (1976)

Typhoon Billie (1976)

Infobox Hurricane
Name=Typhoon Billie
Type=typhoon
Year=1976
Basin=WPac
Image location=Billie76.jpg


Formed=July 31, 1976
Dissipated=August 12, 1976
1-min winds=120
Pressure=952
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Fatalities=48 direct
Inflated=0
Areas=Japan, Taiwan, eastern China
Hurricane season=1976 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Billie (JTWC designation: Typhoon 13W) [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1976/13/track.dat] was an early August Category 4 typhoon that left 48 people dead and eight others missing (mostly at sea) and left $2.6 million (1976 USD, $8.9 million 2005 USD) in damage in Taiwan and eastern China after its 3449 km track across the far western Pacific. [ [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/s/197613.html.en Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 197613 (BILLIE) - Pressure and Track Charts ] ]

Meteorological history

A disturbance 180 miles northeast of Ponape formed on July 31 and moved westward as it continued to strengthen, becoming Tropical Depression 13W on August 3. Interacting with a subtropical ridge to the north, the tropical depression turned sharply northeast and passed over Saipan before strengthening into Tropical Storm Billie.

Driven by a high pressure system and a trough, Billie then turned to the southwest and then westward and became a typhoon on August 5. On August 7, Typhoon Billie underwent rapid intensification, reaching a maximum intensity of 140 mph (125 knots).

By August 12, the tropical cyclone had encountered wind shear which weakened the storm before it hit Taiwan as a Category 1 typhoon and China as a tropical storm. Billie then dissipated after landfall.

Impact

Billie skirted the Ryūkyū Islands before making landfall in Taiwan and again in eastern China, producing huge waves that drowned 41 fishermen and swimmers along the coast of Japan. A JTWC weather station in Miyakojima reported a barometric pressure of 962 millibars and winds of 51 mph (82 km/h). In Ishigakijima, a weather station reported winds of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 952 millibars. https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1976atcr/pdf/wnp/13.pdf Typhoon Billie report]

Billie's second landfall was south of Taipei, Taiwan where a weather station reported 81 mph (130 km/h) winds. However, at the Taipei International Airport, the winds were at 40 mph (65 km/h) with gusts up to 75 mph (120 km/h). Billie's impact in Taiwan was destructive as the storm sank three ships and damaged several others and killed seven people, leaving eight others missing, injured 24 and left $2.6 million (1976 USD, $8.9 million 2005 USD) in damage.

The third and final landfall was in eastern China as a tropical storm which brought 70 mph (113 km/h) winds and heavy rain but there were no reports of deaths or damage reported. The name Billie was not retired after the 1976 Pacific typhoon season.

ee also

* List of tropical cyclones
* Tropical cyclone

External links

* [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1976atcr/pdf/wnp/13.pdf Typhoon Billie report]
* [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1976/13/track.gifBillie 1976 track]
* [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1976/13/track.dat Billie 1976 best track data]

References


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