Tropical Storm Colin
The first tropical storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season was Hurricane Alex.
Hurricane names are assigned from a predetermined alphabetical list for every given year. Every new tropical storm that forms gets the next name on the list. The storm we call Camille was the third tropical storm to form in the Atlantic in 1969, and Camille was the third name on the list.
Tropical Island Tropical Punch Tropical Fruit Tropical Storm Tropical Fish Tropical Paradise
The next Atlantic tropical storm, yes.
The first named tropical storm in the Atlantic in 2003 was Tropical Storm Ana.
The Atlantic tropical storm with a name starting with B was Bonnie, however, this storm never reached hurricane strength.
The tenth named storm of the 2011 season was Tropical Storm Jose.
A tropical depression becomes a tropical storm when sustained winds reach 39 mph or greater.
A tropical storm is given a name when it becomes a tropical storm, with winds of at least 39 mph.
When it becomes a tropical storm, or in other words, when winds reach 39 mph.
The storm named Allison never became a hurricane, it was just a tropical storm. A hurricane/tropical storm name is retired if the storm is especially devastating, and Tropical Storm Allison of 2001 caused massive damage from flooding. Because of this no future storm will be named Allison (normally a name is reused every 6 years). So instead the first tropical storm in the Atlantic in 2007 was named Andrea.
The firs tropical storm in the Altlantic in 2003 was Tropical Storm Ana in April, which is unusually early.