The first storm of the 2002 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, it developed on May 6 in the Arabian Sea, and it maintained a general west-northwest track for much of its duration.

The system reached cyclonic storm status on May 9, meaning it attained winds of greater than 65 km/h (40 mph), and on May 10 it made landfall near Salalah; shortly thereafter it dissipated.

[1] The storm brought the heaviest number of people to Dhofar in 30 years, causing flooding and creating rivers in wadis, or typically dry riverbeds.

[1] Around the same time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) classified it as Tropical Depression 01A, while located about 1,300 km (810 mi) southeast of Salalah, Oman.

[1] However, later in the day, convection redeveloped over the western half of the circulation,[2] and it again reached deep depression status, about 830 km (520 mi) southeast of Oman.

[7] As a result, some flooding was reported in the city,[1] and several wadis, or typically dry riverbeds, became sudden rivers in the area; one station recorded a discharge of 1146 m3/s (40,470 ft3/s).

[6] Across the Dhofar region of Oman, the storm caused several injuries[1] and a total of nine fatalities;[1] most of the deaths were drownings, occurring when their vehicles were swept away by flooding in typically dry areas.