Tropical Storm Alpha (2019) (Blackford)

Tropical Storm Alpha (ἄλφα) was the final named storm of the devastating 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, the 24th depression, and 22nd named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, Alpha formed on December 26, and dissipated on January 7, making 2019 the latest ending hurricane season on record.

Meteorological history
On December 20, the NHC began monitoring some scattered thunderstorm activity off the coast of Florida for possible tropical development, on December 24, the NHC noted that unusually warm waters and low wind shear could allow a recently formed tropical wave to further intensify.

By December 26, a clearly defined center of rotation in rather broad thunderstorm activity allowed the storm to be classified as Tropical Depression Twentyfour.

The storm strengthened into the twentysecond and final named storm of 2019 early on December 27 when the NHC reported sustained winds of 40 mph in the center of Twentyfour.

The storm stayed as a weak tropical storm through December 31, when it slowly strengthened into a 50 mph storm.

Despite this, it failed to sustain much stronger activity than on January 1 and soon after began weakening due to a unfavorable environment,

The storm weakened to a tropical depression on January 5, having it's final advisory issued just a few hours after midnight on January 7, making 2019 the latest ending hurricane season on record.

North Carolina
The storm made landfall on January 6 in North Carolina, resulting in one death. Two people drowned off the coast on January 4.

Some flooding in eastern North Carolina led to the governor declaring a state of emergency.