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It was a very quiet year in the Atlantic Basin, and even less eventful in Florida. Claudette was the only system that hit Florida, coming ashore on the Florida Panhandle as a weak tropical storm, doing little damage and dropping heavy rain.
Florida will almost certainly be hit be a tropical storm or hurricane in the future, perhaps even this year. But it is impossible to say when or when in the state it will hit. The only active Atlantic hurricane at this time, Irene, is not expected to hit Florida.
No. Tropical Storm Nicole already occurred last year lasting September28-29 of 2010. The storm impacted Cuba and its remnants affected Florida. No other tropical storm will be named Nicole until at least 2016. The next Atlantic tropical storm will be named Harvey, and the next East Pacific storm will be Hilary.
Faw a weak tropical storm; it was a strong tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph; just shy of hurricane strength. A 70 mph wind is perfectly sufficient to cause damage. Even then, intensity is not the only factor. A tropical storm of any strength will produce heavy rain, which can cause flooding.
Hurricanes and storms have often been named after Saints, such as San Felipe. To get a tropical storm named after them, one would have to contact the Tropical Prediction Center in Miami, Florida, who are the organization who name storms.
Hurricane Hanna is now a Tropical Storm and is currently offshore, and it does not look like it will hit Florida: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT08/refresh/AL0808W5+gif144212W_sm.gif Hurrican Ike is headed towards Florida and IF it hits Florida at all, it will be late Tuesday or early Wednesday: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif144313W_sm.gif Hurricane Hanna is now a Tropical Storm and is currently offshore, and it does not look like it will hit Florida: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT08/refresh/AL0808W5+gif144212W_sm.gif Hurrican Ike is headed towards Florida and IF it hits Florida at all, it will be late Tuesday or early Wednesday: It looks like they will hit Florida but just around the panhandle http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif144313W_sm.gif
Since Tropical Storm Debby, there has been an infestation of mosquitoes in North Florida.
The latest weather report shows that tropical storm Cristobal is targeting the Caribbean. Hopefully it won't hit Florida. There are no reports on whether or not it is headed that way at this time.
Florida has the most tropical storms in the United States, with an average of about 5-6 storms per year. The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean make Florida particularly vulnerable to tropical storm formation.
Not exactly. A tropical storm is indeed a kind of storm, but not all storms are tropical storms.
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Tropical Storm Arlene was simply a tropical storm. That is a category unto itself.