 On June 6, a monsoon depression formed in the Arabian Sea about 500 km (315 mi) south-southwest of Goa, India. It initially paralleled the Indian coastline, becoming a tropical storm on June 9 with a minimum barometric pressure of 986 mbar (29.1 inHg). That day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began tracking the system. The storm moved northward, followed by a northwest turn on June 10. It curved toward the west, and the JTWC reported the cyclone as reaching peak 1 – minute sustained winds of 110 km / h (70 mph) on June 11. In addition, the India Meteorological Department estimated the system became a severe cyclonic storm, which has sustained winds of at least 118 km / h (73 mph). On June 12, the storm attained a minimum pressure of 975 mbar (28.8 inHg) while continuing westward.
