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unusual facts about Tropical Storm


Bull Bay

The floods in September 2002 followed heavy rainfall that month (3,500 mm), thanks to Tropical Storm Lili.


Annette Herfkens

The plane, a Soviet-made Yakovlev Yak-40 jet built in 1976, was carrying 25 passengers and six crew when it crashed en route to Nha Trang Airport due to a tropical storm and was completely destroyed.

Tye River

The storm had lost strength as it crossed hundreds of miles of land, and was downgraded by the National Weather Service to tropical storm status as it moved northward along the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains and into Virginia.


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1851 Atlantic hurricane season

On September 13, a tropical storm was first observed about 225 miles (360 km) southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

1853 Atlantic hurricane season

A publication by meteorologist Ivan R. Tannehill indicates that Tropical Storm Two was centered near Barbados on August 10.

Meteorologist William C. Redfield first observed the season's third tropical storm south of Cape Verde on August 30, which was the first Cape Verde-type hurricane ever recorded.

1885 Atlantic hurricane season

On September 17, a tropical storm developed in the western Gulf of Mexico near Veracruz, Mexico.

1887 Atlantic hurricane season

The storm continued northward, as a tropical storm, before dissipating late on July 28 near Augusta, Georgia.

1920 Louisiana hurricane

The small system gained intensity as it moved over Honduras, attaining tropical storm strength on September 19 prior to entering the Gulf of Honduras near Trujillo, Colón.

1962 Atlantic hurricane season

On that basis, the Weather Bureau initiated advisories on Tropical Storm Becky, despite the agency only issuing advisories for storms west of 35º W.

1995 Pacific hurricane season

Officials issued a tropical storm watch and later a warning for Baja California Sur south of La Paz, which was later extended from Loreto on the east coast to San Juanico on the west coast.

1999 Pacific typhoon season

Neil made landfall to the southwest of Suncheon the next day as a minimal tropical storm and soon reemerged over the Yellow Sea as a tropical depression.

2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Gafilo made landfall over Antalaha, Madagascar early on 7 March, and it arrived at the Mozambique Channel as a moderate tropical storm before noon on 8 March.

2009–10 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

It strengthened to a severe tropical storm as it approached the Madagascar coast, and made landfall north of Mananjary.

2011 Atlantic hurricane season

These include forecasters from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Hurricane and Climate Prediction Center's, Philip J. Klotzbach, William M. Gray and their associates at Colorado State University (CSU), Tropical Storm Risk, and the United Kingdom's Met Office.

Dvorak technique

The Dvorak technique (developed between 1969 and 1984 by Vernon Dvorak) is a widely used system to estimate tropical cyclone intensity (which includes tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane/typhoon/intense tropical cyclone intensities) based solely on visible and infrared satellite images.

Hurricane Carrie

An airplane belonging to Panair do Brasil passed within the vicinity of the vorticity and as a result reported the formation of a tropical storm.

Hurricane Hortense

A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch was issued for the north coast of Haiti to St. Nicolas.

NCAA Season 85 basketball tournaments

With the resumption of games on October 2 a week after the tropical storm hit, games resumed but not after a moment of silence was observed commemorating all victims of the typhoon, including Philippine Basketball Association team Barako Bull Energy Boosters manager and former Letran Squires football player Tony Chua, who died in the height of the storm.

Timeline of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season

EDT (0000 UTC) – Tropical Storm Agnes emerges into the Atlantic Ocean near Nags Head, North Carolina.

Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season

EDT (0300 UTC) – Tropical Storm Ernesto makes a second landfall at Plantation Key, Florida, with 45 mph (70 km/h) winds.

Timeline of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season

EDT (0700 UTC) – Tropical Storm Noel makes its first landfall in Jacmel, Haiti with 50 mph (85 km/h) winds.

AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Olga makes landfall just south of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic with 60 mph (95 km/h) winds.

Timeline of the 2007–08 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

:1300 UTC - Severe Tropical Storm Fame becomes Tropical Cyclone Fame just as it makes landfall near Besalampy, Madagascar.

Tropical Storm Debra

1978's Tropical Storm Debra, a short-lived tropical storm that caused minimal damages in Louisiana

Tropical Storm Lisette

Tropical Storm Lisette was the final named storm of the moderately active 1996–97 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season.