Severe Cyclone Diana(2018)

Severe Cyclone Diana was a devastating cyclone that spawned in early June. It was the 2nd Cyclone and 1st Severe Cyclone(Category 4+)of the 2018 Lucarius Kingdom Cyclone Season. Diana became the most intense June cyclone, the first to reach Severe Cyclone status before July in several years. Diana was also the shortest lived Severe Cyclone on record(Tropical for only 4 days). Diana also made the 2nd quickest transition from Tropical Storm to Severe Cyclone(12 hours). Finally, Diana became the 5th costliest cyclone on record.

Meteorological History
On June 7th, an upper level trough was located about 350 miles South of the Southeastern Subtropical Ridge. The system started to develop slowly over the next few days. The system was immediately named Tropical Storm Diana on the morning of June 9th. The storm entered favorable conditions, as it moved over extremely warm waters. Due to this, Diana immediately began a slow movement and explosive development. By that evening, Diana had reached Tropical Cyclone strength.

The morning of June 10th, Diana was found to have Category 4 Severe Cyclone wind speeds. This became the 2nd quickest transition from Named Storm to Severe Cyclone on record. Diana continued rapid intensification over the next several hours. Early on June 11th, a State of Emergency was declared for Central Sylvius, as Diana was peaking at 195 mph off the coast of Central Sylvius. Diana became known as the most intense June cyclone on record. A few hours later, Diana made landfall with winds of 190 mph(it weakened slightly due to cooler coasts). Diana began rapid dissipation over the next day and a half, while bringing heavy downpours to Central and North Sylvius as well as Malvestan. Finally, on June 13th, Diana made a Post-Tropical transition over Malvestan.

Diana became a remnant low early the next morning and was last seen over Asinaria before becoming completely overrun by wind shear.

Records and Retirement
- Diana was the 5th Costliest Cyclone on record

- Diana made the 2nd fastest transition from Tropical Storm to Severe Cyclone

- Diana is now the most intense June cyclone on record.

Due to devastating damages and detrimental intensity, the name Diana was retired by the Lucarius Hurricane Center(LHC)and was replaced with Dawn for the 2021 season. The name Diana will never be used for another Lucarius Kingdom Cyclone.