2019 Atlantic hurricane season (Doug)/Alternate Names

The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season was a generally above average season with a total of fifteen storms forming with thirteen of them being named, six storm became hurricane which only two gaining category three strength and above, the season offically began on June 1, 2019 and ended on November 30, 2019 these dates determine when tropical or subtropical cyclone activity began however the season began early with tropical storm Amy forming in May. The season had only one storm that a widespread effect Marissa, which struck Cuba as a category four hurricane and the United States as a category two hurricane the storm is also one of the worse hurricanes to affect Cuba, in addition Marissa became the first October category five hurricane since Wilma as well being the first storm to make landfall in Alabama since 2004 in additonal the season did 20 billion dollars in damages making a farily costly season, activity was expected to limited due to the presence of an El Nino however the El Nino dissipated before the season began.

Tropical Storm Amy
Main Article:Tropical Storm Amy (2019) A complex area of low pressure formed off of Cuba and slowly to the north as it cut through Cuba and into the Atlantic as the low pressure area moved into the Atlantic it interacted with an upper level low the low continued to drift through the Bahamas, being desingated Tropical Depression One a few hundred miles north of Grand Bahamas, on May 16 making it fifth pre-season storm to form in a row a few, the depression would start to struggle due to the prescence of upper level wind shear, the following day the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Amy, the newly named storm would quickly peak as a minimal tropical storm, Amy's low level ciriclation would start to show as clouds around the center eroded, the storm would make landfall later that day as a minimal tropical storm on the border in between Georgia and South Carolina, bringing heavy rain to Savannah and Charleston resulting in 12 deaths due to heavy winds minimal damage was reported, Amy would quickly weaken as it move inland dissipating on over South Carolina on May 18 in total damage was minimal from Amy with only twelve reported fatalies indirectly related to Amy a person died from a hear attack due to the sound of a tree hitting a nearby house.