tropical storm
noun
: a tropical cyclone with strong winds of over 39 miles (63 kilometers) per hour but less than hurricane intensity
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Other improvements allowed the NHC to offer advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclones — storms that are not officially tropical cyclones, but still dangerous, with tropical storm or hurricane conditions.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
That August, the National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning in southern California, the first on record, which ran from the Mexico–United States border to north of Los Angeles.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Bridgetown, Barbados Invasive brown algae is destroying their sandy coastlines, emanating toxic gasses that are killing corals and turning hotel guests away, while increasingly deadly tropical storms and uncharacteristic hurricanes are threatening to sink their already vulnerable economies.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: The name change, first reported by Bloomberg, will affect everything from routine marine forecasts for mariners to tropical storm and hurricane forecasts.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
That August, the National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning in southern California, the first on record, which ran from the Mexico–United States border to north of Los Angeles.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Bridgetown, Barbados Invasive brown algae is destroying their sandy coastlines, emanating toxic gasses that are killing corals and turning hotel guests away, while increasingly deadly tropical storms and uncharacteristic hurricanes are threatening to sink their already vulnerable economies.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: The name change, first reported by Bloomberg, will affect everything from routine marine forecasts for mariners to tropical storm and hurricane forecasts.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tropical storm
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“Tropical storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical%20storm. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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