List of storms named Jelawat

Last updated August 12, 2024

The name Jelawat has been used to name five tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by Malaysia and refers to a carp, which is a fish.

Typhoon Jelawat (2000) (T0008, 13W) – made landfall in China as a weakening typhoon.
Tropical Storm Jelawat (2006) (T0602, 03W, Domeng) – impacted China.
Typhoon Jelawat (2012) (T1217, 18W, Lawin) – an intense Category-5 super typhoon that struck Japan.
Typhoon Jelawat (2018) (T1803, 03W, Caloy) – an early season Category-4 super typhoon.
Tropical Storm Jelawat (2023) (T2317, 18W, Kabayan) – late-season storm that traversed Mindanao.

Preceded by Sanba	Pacific typhoon season names Jelawat	Succeeded by Ewiniar

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Typhoon Jelawat, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Caloy, was a powerful typhoon that affected the Caroline Islands in March 2018. The third tropical storm and the first typhoon of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season, Jelawat originated as a tropical disturbance that struck the Federated States of Micronesia before organizing into a tropical depression on March 24. It further intensified into a tropical storm on the following day, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, receiving the name Jelawat. Drifting northward, the storm remained unorganized while staying east of the Philippines, though environmental conditions became more favorable along its path. On March 29, Jelawat took an unexpected sharp turn east as it intensified into a typhoon. Upon shifting northeast, Jelawat rapidly intensified on March 30 due to low vertical wind shear and substantial outflow, peaking as a Category 4-equivalent super typhoon. Shortly afterward, the storm began to weaken as wind shear sharply increased, falling below typhoon strength on March 31. The storm transitioned into a subtropical cyclone on April 1, before dissipating on that same day.

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