Pongsona was a C1 tropical cyclone that formed in the Philippine Sea in 2002. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 167 km/h (90 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 940 hPa. Tracking across the Philippine Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The storm traveled from approximately 5.2°143.6° to 24.7°166.1°, crossing a range of 20 latitude and 22 longitude.