2012 Atlantic hurricane season (Steven's reimagined version)

NOTE: I just made this season for fun and it is not meant to be taken seriously.

The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season was an extremely active and devastating season, the 2nd most active in history (behind 2005), and the costliest and deadliest season of all time. The season began on June 1, 2012, and it ended on November 30, 2012, dates of which conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. However, the season exceeded these bounds when Alberto formed on May 20 and William formed in December. Overall, the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season produced 22 tropical cyclones, of which 21 developed into tropical storms; 14 storms attained hurricane intensity, and eight hurricanes further reached major hurricane status. The activity in this season was hyperactive, with 21 storms. The strongest and most devastating storm of the season was Hypercane William, which was the first hypercane ever recorded. It got that strong due to a large asteroid impact in the Gulf of Mexico, which caused it to explode in intensity to levels never seen before. William affected Central America and the U.S, and caused a grand total of $845 billion dollars in damage and 81,762 deaths throughout its path, becoming the costliest and deadliest storm in Atlantic history. Coincidentally, it was also the last storm of the season and struck the U.S. during the week of December 21, 2012.

Also of note, hurricanes Ernesto, Gordon, Kirk, Leslie, and Sandy caused extreme destruction to the U.S and the Caribbean. All four of these storms each caused more than $10 billion dollars in damage, with Leslie and Sandy each causing more than $75 billion in damage. Ernesto only devastated the Caribbean region. Gordon was a Category 4 that struck the U.S. Gulf Coast. Kirk was a Category 5 that became the deadliest hurricane since Mitch when it struck Central America at peak intensity, and it later went on to strike Florida and the U.S. East Coast as a weaker hurricane. Leslie was another C5, and it caused destruction in the Caribbean and the U.S. Gulf Coast, especially on the Gulf Coast where it hit at near peak intensity, causing $82 billion in damage. Sandy was a Category 5 that caused untold devastation to the East Coast and also affected the Caribbean, with damages exceeding $150 billion. Also, Nadine became the longest-lived hurricane ever recorded in the world, lasting a month and then a few additional days after that. It formed in the Central Atlantic, approached the Azores, and then wandered around the Azores area for a few weeks. Nadine reached Category 2 intensity 4 times during its lifespan, but never reached major hurricane intensity. Michael became one of few Category 5 hurricanes not to get its name retired. Finally, Beryl was another long-lived hurricane that wandered around the northwest Atlantic during June, and Isaac and Patty were hurricanes that also struck the U.S, but they were less destructive than Gordon, Kirk, Leslie, and Sandy.

Pre-season
The season began with Tropical Storm Alberto, which formed on May 20, a couple weeks before the official start of the season. Alberto slightly affected the Carolinas. No other storms formed in the pre-season.

June
In June, Beryl, Chris, and Debby formed. Beryl was a long-lived Category 1 that looped around the northwest Atlantic near Bermuda, Tropical Storm Chris struck Texas, and Tropical Storm Debby struck Florida and the Carolinas. Debby crossed over into July. The formation of Debby in June made it the earliest fourth named storm on record, beating the old record of Dennis in 2005, which formed in early July.

July
The month started with Debby active in the Florida area. After Debby dissipated, no storms formed in July, which is somewhat unusual and is the first time since 2009 that happened. This was due to upper-level winds dominating the Atlantic.

August
August saw a sudden burst of activity, due to a sudden dissipation of wind shear and very warm SSTs. 9 storms formed in the month (Ernesto, Florence, Gordon, Helene, TD Nine, Isaac, Joyce, Kirk, and Leslie), and 5 major hurricanes (Ernesto, Gordon, Helene, Kirk, and Leslie) formed. This was the most active August on record. Ernesto was a Category 5 that caused lots of devastation in the Caribbean; Florence was a Category 1 that didn't affect land; Gordon was a Category 4 that affected the Windward Islands, the Bahamas, Florida, and the U.S Gulf Coast; Helene was a Category 4 Cape-Verde type hurricane that affected Cape Verde, the Lesser Antilles, and Atlantic Canada; Tropical Depression Nine affected Mexico and Texas; Isaac was a Category 2 that affected the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, Florida, and the U.S Gulf Coast; Joyce was a tropical storm that didn't affect land; Kirk was a Category 5 that affected the Windward Islands, Venezuela, Central America (where it caused lots of devastation), and the United States; and finally, Leslie was a Category 5 that affected the Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, Florida, and the U.S. Gulf Coast (which it devastated). Kirk and Leslie crossed over into September.

September
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October
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November
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Post-season, and the devastating Hypercane William
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Storm names
The following names were used to name tropical cyclones this year. This is the same list used in the 2006 season. The names Kirk, Oscar, Patty, Rafael, Sandy, Tony, Valerie, and William were used in the Atlantic for the first time this year. Kirk replaced the name of a devastating hurricane that affected Mexico in 2000, but was not used in 2006. Unused names are marked in.

Retirement
Due to extensive damage and deaths, the names Ernesto, Gordon, Kirk, Leslie, Sandy, and William were officially retired, and will never be used again to name an Atlantic hurricane. They were replaced by Edward, Gary, Kieran, Lana, Sara, and Wilton for the 2018 season.

List for 2018: