LckyTUBA's 1980 Tubaworld Hurricane Season

Overview
The 1980 Tubaworld hurricane season was a hyperactive season that featured 30 named storms, 17 hurricanes and 10 major hurricanes. The strongest storm of the season, Otto, reached Category 6 intensity, and 2 other systems, Frances and Karl, also reached Category 5 status. The season featured many destructive systems, including Frances, Jeanne, Nicole and Richard, which were retired, as well as Gamma and Delta.

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Subtropical Storm Allen
Subtropical Storm Allen was a high-end subtropical storm that struck Retum in May.

A non-tropical low spawned off the eastern coast of Ottoland in early May, beginning to transition into a subtropical cyclone as it attained storm-force winds. On the afternoon of May 11, the system became subtropical, and the LTWC named it Allen upon its transition's completion. Allen tracked northeast for several days, but on the evening of May 12, Allen took a sharp turn northwest, strengthening slightly as it approached Retum. On the morning of May 14, Allen became extratropical, having peaked as a 65 mph system the previous afternoon. Allen's remnant struck Retum on the afternoon of May 15, and weakened as it moved further north. Allen's much-weakened remnant then struck Tularia on the afternoon of May 18 before dissipating that evening.

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Tropical Storm Bonnie
Tropical Storm Bonnie was a high-end tropical storm that stayed out to sea in late May and early June.

A tropical wave well southeast of the Pedal Peninsula began to develop into a tropical cyclone, and the LTWC designated it as Tropical Depression Two on the morning of May 28. Early the following morning, Two was found to have gale-force winds, and the name Bonnie was assigned to it. Bonnie continued west, strengthening very gradually over waters that only marginally supported development. Bonnie peaked as a 70 mph storm on the evening of May 31. After that time, water temperature began to steadily decrease under Bonnie, and the storm began a slow weakening trend. On the afternoon of June 3, Bonnie weakened to a tropical depression, and was fully absorbed into a frontal system the following evening.

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Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Charley was a small but fairly strong hurricane that struck western Tubaland as a tropical storm in June.

A disturbance that had formed west of the Southern Tubaland Islands in early June began to gain tropical characteristics, and was designated as Tropical Depression Three by the LTWC on the afternoon of June 3. The following morning, Three was named Charley as tropical storm force winds were found during recon flights. Charley continued to strengthen, and reached hurricane status on the evening of June 5. Charley's forward motion then slowed as it moved north, continuing its strengthening trend. Charley reached Category 2 status early in the morning on June 7, and reached its primary that afternoon, sporting 110 mph winds and a pressure of 971 mbar. By this time, an eye had started to form, but an eyewall replacement cycle occurred, weakening Charley back to a Category 1 hurricane early in the morning on June 8. However, Charley completed the cycle later that morning, and began to restrengthen, reaching Category 2 once more that afternoon. Charley continued to strengthen through the evening, and reached its secondary and overall peak of 110 mph and 967 mbar early in the morning on June 9. Later that morning, cooler waters began to take their toll on Charley, and another weakening trend ensued. On the evening of June 9, Charley had weakened back to a Category 1, and had weakened further to a tropical storm the following afternoon. Early in the morning of June 11, Charley made landfall just east of Grantston as a 60 mph tropical storm. Charley began to lose organization over land, and on the morning of June 12, Charley degenerated to a remnant low, and was absorbed by a frontal system that afternoon.

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Hurricane Danielle
Hurricane Danielle was a fairly strong hurricane that struck Ottoland as a tropical storm in June, having looped over the Sousa Sea.

A tropical wave in the southern Sousa Sea began to develop on June 12, and on the morning of June 13, the wave was designated as Tropical Depression Four by the LTWC. The depression deepened and continued to organize, and was named Danielle as it reached tropical storm strength early in the morning of June 14. Later that morning, Danielle began to rapidly intensify over the warm waters of the southwestern Sousa Sea, and reached hurricane status early in the morning on June 15. Danielle continued to strengthen, albeit more slowly, taking a western turn through the afternoon and evening of June 15. Danielle became the first major hurricane of the season early in the morning on June 17, and peaked as a 125 mph Category 3 that afternoon before beginning an eyewall replacement cycle. Danielle took a sharp counterclockwise turn on the morning of June 18 as it weakened to a Category 2 hurricane, and weakened further to a Category 1 hurricane that evening before beginning a restrengthening trend. The following morning, Danielle was upgraded to a Category 2, and a recon mission sent from Ottoland to investigate the storm reported that Danielle had attained major hurricane status again that evening. Danielle reached its secondary peak on the morning of June 20, with winds of 120 mph, and subsequently began weakening as it continued eastwards towards Ottoland.

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Tropical Storm Earl
Tropical Storm Earl was a slow-moving storm that formed over Lake Legato and struck the northern shore at its peak in July.

A depression formed over Lake Legato on the afternoon of July 11. The depression formed into a tropical storm and was named Earl during the early morning of July 12. Earl peaked at 50 mph that evening, and slowly began to weaken due to shear. On the early morning of July 14, Earl weakened back to a depression as it turned southwest. Earl struggled to keep its circulation over the next day, but managed to regain tropical storm strength as its convection refired over the center on the evening of July 15 after stalling over the same spot since much of the morning. At this time, Earl turned sharply to the northeast, and began to approach the northeastern shore of Lake Legato. Earl restrengthened slightly as it approached the coast, reaching a secondary peak of 45 mph as it moved ashore early in the morning on July 17. Earl weakened to a depression that afternoon as it moved further inland, and dissipated the following morning.

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Hurricane Frances
Hurricane Frances was a long-lived and powerful hurricane that passed through the Sousa Sea in late July and struck Ottoland in early August as a Category 2, causing severe damage.

A vigorous tropical wave northeast of Kahmia began to be monitored by the LTWC for possible development in mid-July. The wave became organized, and the LTWC designated the disturbance as Tropical Depression Six on the afternoon of July 16. The depression continued west, reaching tropical storm status that evening, and subsequently receiving the name Frances from the LTWC. Frances continued to strengthen steadily as it tracked over the open ocean, and during the morning hours of July 18, Frances reached hurricane status as it passed north of Northern Kahmian Island. Frances continued west, and strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane on the morning of July 19, with a pinhole eye becoming visible on satellite imagery. At that point, Frances had tracked into an area with low shear and SSTs of 28-31 C, promoting rapid intensification over the next several days. Frances became the second major hurricane of 1980 when it reached Category 3 status on the evening of July 19, also becoming the first Category 4 of the season the following morning. Early in the morning on July 21, Frances became a powerful Category 5 hurricane, the first of three hurricanes to do so during the season. Frances peaked that afternoon as a 175 mph hurricane system with a minimum central pressure of 906 mbar, subsequently performing an eyewall replacement cycle, weakening Frances back to a Category 4 hurricane early the following morning. Frances continued to weaken, and dropped to Category 3 status on the evening of July 22, bottoming out at 120 mph the following morning before beginning to gradually restrengthen. Early in the morning on July 23, Frances regained Category 4 status, and reached a secondary peak intensity of 145 mph and 924 mbar on the afternoon of the same day. However, Frances entered cooler waters with SSTs of only 26-27 C, and a gradual weakening trend began. On the afternoon of July 24, Frances weakened to a Category 3 hurricane, and early in the morning on July 26, Frances dropped below major hurricane intensity, which it had maintained for over six days.

Frances continued to weaken as it began to recurve, and it fell to Category 1 intensity on the morning of July 27. Frances stopped weakening as it entered the Sousa Sea, but moderate wind shear negated any attempts the storm made to restrengthen significantly. Over the next several day, Frances fluctuated in intensity between the low and high ends of Category 1 wind speeds. However, shear let up on the morning of July 30 as Frances approached Ottoland, and Frances restrengthened to a Category 2 hurricane on the afternoon of July 30. That evening, Frances made landfall on the city of Süddorf with sustained winds of 110 mph and a minimum pressure of 952 mbar. Frances weakened quickly as it moved inland, falling to tropical storm status the following morning, having maintained hurricane status for an impressive 13 consecutive days. On the evening of August 1, Frances degenerated into a remnant low, and was absorbed into a frontal system on the afternoon of August 2.

Due to the impacts on Ottoland, Frances was retired in spring 1981 and replaced with Fiona for the 1992 season.

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Hurricane Georges
Hurricane Georges was a powerful and erratic hurricane that struck the Pedal Peninsula in early August after meandering through the open ocean in late July, causing moderate damage.

A tropical wave west of the Southern Tubaland Islands was monitored for cyclone formation by the LTWC starting on the evening of August 18. The following morning, the wave rapidly organized into a depression, and was dubbed Tropical Depression Seven by the LTWC. Seven continued to organize and strengthen, and was named Georges upon reaching tropical storm status early during the morning on July 20. Georges continued slowly west, and continued to strengthen steadily, becoming the fourth hurricane of the 1980 season on the morning of July 21. Strengthening continued over the next several days, and Georges reached Category 2 status on the afternoon of July 22, while continuing to slow its forward motion due to the abscence of steering factors. On July 23, Georges took a sudden turn southward as it strengthened into the third major hurricane of the season during the morning. Georges slowly crept south over the next several days, continuing to strengthen as a well-defined eye cleared out. During the evening hours of July 24, Georges reached Category 4 status, and quickly intensified further to reach its peak intensity as a high-end Category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 mph and a minimum central pressure of 915 mbar on the afternoon of July 25. However, Georges began an eyewall replacement cycle, weakening it through the evening and dropping to a Category 3 the following morning. Georges continued to weaken, due to moderate southwesterly shear, and fell below major hurricane strength on the morning of July 28 as it sharply turned to the northeast. Georges began to restrengthen after the shear let up on the morning of July 29, strengthening to a Category 3 major hurricane that afternoon. Georges began a second eyewall replacement cycle the following morning, once again falling to a Category 2 in the afternoon. Georges restrengthened to major status yet again on the evening on the evening of July 31, as its forward speed began to increase. Georges reached a tertiary peak of 125 mph on the afternoon of August 1, before beginning to weaken again. Early in the morning on August 3, Georges fell to a Category 2, and continued to weaken as it approached the Pedal Peninsula. Georges made landfall several dozen miles southeast of Gucciville late in the evening on August 3, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and a pressure of 955 mbar. Georges weakened to a Category 1 as it crossed the Pedal Peninsula on the morning of August 4, and emerged in the Pedal Gulf that afternoon shortly before weakening to a tropical storm. Georges' forward speed had increased considerably after its landfall, and the storm made landfall near Piermont with winds of 65 mph and a minimum pressure of 972 mbar that same evening. Georges continued to track quickly over southwestern Tubaland, passing east of Bassmont as a 50-mph storm before entering Tuba City Bay on the evening of August 5. Georges made its final landfall on the northern shore of Tuba City Bay with winds of 50 mph and a pressure of 990 mbar on the morning of August 6. Georges became a remnant low that afternoon, and was absorbed by a frontal system on the morning of August 7.

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Tropical Storm Hermine
Tropical Storm Hermine was a strong tropical storm that struck central Ottoland in early August.

A tropical depression formed on the afternoon of August 5, and was designated as Tropical Depression Eight by the LTWC. The following morning, a recon mission based in Ottoland found storm force winds and the LTWC named the system Hermine as they upgraded it to a tropical storm. Hermine continued northeast, and curved eastward on October 7 as it approached Ottoland. On the evening of October 7, Hermine made landfall in eastern Bismarck Bay at its peak as a 70 mph tropical storm with a minimum pressure of 989 mbar. Hermine weakened to a depression the following morning as it moved inland, and dissipated completely on the evening of August 8.

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Subtropical Storm Ivan
Subtropical Storm Ivan was a weak subtropical storm that hit eastern Tubaland in August.

A non-frontal low pressure system formed on August 10 off of the end of a frontal system in the Upper Sousa Sea. The system became subtropical on the morning of August 11, and was given the name Ivan as it possessed gale-force winds at the time of its transition. Ivan curved west, and made landfall at its peak that evening as a 50 mph subtropical storm with a minimum pressure of 994 mbar. Ivan degenerated to a remnant low the following morning, and was absorbed by another frontal system that afternoon.

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Hurricane Jeanne
Hurricane Jeanne was an unusually deep and large Category 1 hurricane that struck the southern tip of Pedal Peninsula in August, causing heavy damage.

A broad tropical wave formed into a depression on the afternoon of August 15, and was designated as Tropical Depression Ten by the LTWC. Recon missions were sent to investigate the depression, and although the depression was fairly large, recon found that it had quickly intensified into a 50 mph tropical storm on the morning of August 16, with a central pressure of 993 mbar. The storm was given the name Jeanne upon being upgraded. Another recon mission was sent into Jeanne as it approached the southern coast of Pedal Point early in the morning, and found that despite its lopsided satellite presentation, winds of 80 kt were found in the eyewall, and Jeanne was upgraded to a 85 mph hurricane. Jeanne made landfall later in the morning of August 17, with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, a minimum pressure of 960 mph, and a large, ragged eye. Jeanne began to weaken as it moved inland, weakening to a 70 mph storm by the afternoon as it passed Pedal Point, with the northeast quadrant of the storm possessing the strongest winds. Jeanne continued north, entering the Pedal Gulf just before becoming post-tropical early in the morning on August 18. Jeanne's remnant was absorbed by a frontal system that afternoon.

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Due to the impacts on the Pedal Peninsula, Jeanne was retired in spring 1981 and replaced with Julia for the 1992 season.

Hurricane Karl
Hurricane Karl was a powerful hurricane that struck western Tubaland as a minimal hurricane in late August.

A tropical wave well southeast of Pedal Point began developing on August 20, and on the morning of August 21, the LTWC declared it Tropical Depression Eleven, as it had gained a closed circulation. Convection flared up around the center early the following morning, and satellite estimates showed that the depression had gained storm force winds, and was thus given the name Karl by the LTWC. Karl was a fairly compact cyclone, which allowed it to continue to quickly strengthen. Karl reached hurricane status on the morning of August 23, and began to enter conditions favorable for rapid intensification in the afternoon and evening. Karl rapidly intensified over waters with SSTs of 29-31 C, and became the fourth major hurricane of 1980 when it reached Category 3 on the afternoon of August 24. Karl continued to rapidly intensify, reaching Category 5 on the afternoon of August 25, when it achieved its peak intensity with winds of 165 mph and a minimum pressure of 931 mbar. Karl maintained Category 5 status through the evening, but began to weaken as it started to perform an eyewall replacement cycle. Karl weakened back to a Category 4 early in the morning on August 26, and by the evening, Karl had weakened to a Category 3 with a clouded eye. The eyewall replacement cycle finished the following morning, and Karl leveled off in intensity until it began to experience high shear on August 27, causing it to weaken further to a Category 2 hurricane on the morning of August 28. Karl began to have a lopsided structure, while the wind shear continued to batter Karl and weaken it. By the morning of August 29, Karl had weakened to a Category 1, and the storm began to recurve that afternoon. Karl accelerated north, and continued to weaken as it approached southwestern Tubaland while it began its extratropical transition. Karl made landfall early in the morning on August 31 east of Grantston as a minimal hurricane with winds of 75 mph and a pressure of 983 mbar, and weakened to a tropical storm later that morning. That afternoon, Karl degenerated into a remnant low, which persisted through the evening until it was absorbed by a frontal system early the following morning.

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Tropical Storm Lisa
Tropical Storm Lisa was a moderate storm that brushed Ottoland and Retum in late August, causing minor damage.

A disturbance off the eastern shore of Ottoland organized into a tropical depression on the morning of August 22, and was designated by the LTWC as Tropical Depression Twelve. The depression strengthened into a tropical storm that evening, and was named Lisa upon doing so. Lisa continued north over the next several days, moving nearly parallel to the Ottoland coast. Lisa also peaked as a 60 mph tropical storm on the afternoon of August 24. Lisa weakened slightly as it remained just offshore of Ottoland, continuing north until it made landfall near the Ottoland-Retum border on the morning of August 26 as a 50 mph storm with a minimum central pressure of 999 mbar. Lisa weakened as it moved inland, falling to a tropical depression that evening and degenerating to a remnant low the following morning. Lisa dissipated over central Retum in the evening on August 27.

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Tropical Storm Mitch
Tropical Storm Mitch was a moderate tropical storm that struck southeastern Tubaland in early September, causing minor damage.

A tropical wave southeast of Edgeburg began to organize on August 29, and formed into Tropical Depression Thirteen the following afternoon as the LTWC declared that it was tropical. The following morning, Thirteen strengthened to a tropical storm, and the LTWC subsequently assigned the name Mitch to the storm. Mitch quickly intensified, peaking as a 60 mph storm just before its landfall near Edgeburg late in the evening of August 31. Mitch weakened as it tracked inland, falling to a tropical depression on the afternoon of September 1, and continued to weaken slowly until it dissipated during the evening of September 2.

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Hurricane Nicole
Hurricane Nicole was a fairly strong Lake Legato cyclone that made landfall on the lake's eastern shore in early September as a Category 1.

A tropical depression formed from a non-tropical disturbance that had been stalling over Lake Legato since late August, and was assigned the name Fourteen by the LTWC when it formed on the morning of September 3. Fourteen tracked eastward slowly, becoming a tropical storm the early the following morning and receiving the name Nicole. Over the next several days, Nicole crept eastward as it gradually strengthened, with its outer bands bringing torrential rain to the southern shore of Lake Legato. Nicole reached hurricane strength on the evening of September 5, at which point its forward speed began to increase substantially. As it approached landfall on the eastern shore of the lake, Nicole continued to steadily deepen. On the afternoon of September 7, Nicole made landfall at its peak intensity of 90 mph with a pressure of 957 mbar on the eastern shore of Lake Legato, just south of Jocelynopolis. After the landfall, Nicole quickly accelerated inland to the northeast, and became a tropical storm that evening. The following morning, Nicole weakened to a tropical depression, and dissipated over the mountains of central Tubaland that afternoon.

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Due to the impacts on western Tubaland and the communities surrounding Lake Legato, Nicole was retired in spring 1981 and replaced with Nova for the 1992 season.

Hurricane Otto
Main article: Hurricane Otto (1980, Tubaworld)

Hurricane Otto was an extremely powerful hurricane that struck Southern Island as a Category 2 after peaking as a Category 6 in September.

A tropical wave well southeast of Ottoland formed quickly into a tropical depression on the morning of September 6 and was named Tropical Depression Fifteen by the LTWC, and was renamed Otto after it strengthened into a tropical storm that afternoon. Otto steadily strengthened through the coming days, reaching hurricane status on the evening of September 7. Otto rapidly intensified starting the following evening, becoming a major hurricane early in the morning on September 9 and reaching Category 4 status just hours later. Otto developed a small eye, which cleared out throughout the day on September 9. On the morning of September 10, Otto strengthened into the third and final Category 5 of the season, and continued to rapidly intensify over water temperatures of 31-33 C throughout the day. Otto became an extremely powerful Category 6 hurricane early in the morning on September 11, and continued to strengthen to peak that afternoon with winds of 200 mph and a central pressure of 880 mbar. An eyewall replacement cycle occurred that evening, and Otto weakened to a Category 5 early the following morning. Otto continued to weaken, and fell to a Category 4 on the morning of September 13, but completed its eyewall replacemnent cycle as the storm became more symmetrical, and began to restrengthen that evening. On the evening of September 14, Otto restrengthened to Category 5 status, which it retained for 24 hours as it made a secondary peak of 165 mph and 920 mbar before weakening to a Category 4 on the evening of the 15th. Otto continued to weaken gradually due to persistent southwesterly shear over the next several days. On the afternoon of September 18, Otto fell below major hurricane status, and bottomed out as a 105 mph as it made landfall on Southern Island with a pressure of 959 mbar early in the morning on the 19th. Otto soon began restrengthening and restrengthened into a Category 3 major hurricane early in the morning on September 20. Otto continued to restrengthen, and reached a tertiary peak of 145 mph and 930 mbar on the evening of the 21st. Shear started to increase dramatically the following morning, and Otto began to rapidly weaken as it encountered the shear. On the morning of September 23, Otto weakened to a Category 2, and fell to Category 1 status that evening as it began to recurve to the north. The shear began to let up as Otto moved further north, although Otto began to enter waters unfavorable for further development, and Otto continued to gradually weaken as it approached far southwestern Ottoland. Late in the evening on September 25, Otto made landfall in southwestern Tubaland as a 75 mph, 966 mbar Category 1 hurricane. Otto weakened as it moved inland, falling to tropical storm status early on the morning of the 26th. Otto weakened to a depression early on the morning of the 27th as it moved over Lake Legato, and was absorbed by a large extratropical system that afternoon.

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Hurricane Paula
Hurricane Paula was a fairly strong hurricane that made landfall in northern Ottoland in mid-September, causing heavy damage.

A tropical depression formed on the afternoon of September 10 in the southern Sousa Sea, and was designated as Tropical Depression Sixteen by the LTWC upon forming. The depression started to track northeast, and formed into a tropical storm the following evening, receiving the name Paula from the LTWC, and continued to strengthen. On the evening of the 12th, Paula attained hurricane status, and slowed its forward motion as it began to turn northwest. Paula then rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane by the early morning hours of the 13th, and became the sixth major hurricane of the season that afternoon as it reached its peak intensity of 115 mph with a minimum central pressure of 954 millibars, which it sustained into the evening before weakening back to a Category 2 early the following morning. Paula briefly regained major hurricane status during the evening of September 14, but weakened to a Category 2 again the following morning as it began to curve northeast and increase forward motion. Paula continued to weaken, falling to Category 1 intensity on the morning of September 16. Paula began to restrengthen as it approached landfall in Ottoland, reaching Category 2 on the morning of the 17th before making landfall with wind speeds of 105 mph and a pressure of 960 mbar that afternoon. Paula began to interact with a large extratropical cyclone to the north after landfall, weakening to a Category 1 on the evening of the 17th and a tropical storm early the following morning. The larger extratropical cylone then absorbed Paula later that morning.

Due to the heavy damage in northern Ottoland, Paula was retired in spring 1981 and replaced with Penelope for the 1992 season.

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Hurricane Richard
Hurricane Richard was another strong and long-lived storm that struck Ottoland in late September.

A tropical wave formed into a tropical depression well southwest of Ottoland early in the morning on September 14, and was designated as Tropical Depression Seventeen by the LTWC. Early the following morning, Seventeen strengthened into a tropical storm, and was named Richard at the time of its upgrade. On the morning of the 16th, Richard was found to have hurricane force winds by a Tubaland recon flight, making it the tenth hurricane of the season. Richard continued to quickly intensify, reaching Category 2 status that evening, at which point a small eye had cleared out over its center. The eye clouded over, and strengthening stopped for several hours during the following morning and afternoon as a new eyewall formed, but Richard's strengthening resuming once the eyewall replacement cycle was completed. Early in the morning on September 18, Richard reached Category 3 status, making it the seventh major hurricane of the season. Richard continued to strengthen through the day, and reached its peak intensity on the evening of the 18th as a low-end Category 4 with winds of 140 mph and a pressure of 945 mbar. However, Richard weakened due to another eyewall replacement cycle as it recurved away from Tubaland, and fell to a Category 2 by the evening of September 19. Richard completed the eyewall replacement cycle the following morning, and restrengthened to a Category 3 on the evening of the 20th. The strengthening continued, and Richard reached a secondary peak as a low end Category 4 with winds of 130 mph and a pressure of 948 mbar on the afternoon of September 22. Richard began to steadily weaken as it tracked towards northwestern Ottoland. Early in the morning on September 24, Richard made landfall over Ottoland with sustained winds of 110 mph and a pressure of 955 mbar. Richard quickly weakened after, falling to tropical storm status that afternoon and to tropical depression status by the evening. Early in the following morning, Richard was absorbed into a large frontal system.

Due to the impacts on Ottoland, Richard was retired in spring 1981 and replaced with Ryan for the 1992 season.

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Tropical Storm Shary
Tropical Storm Shary was a weak system that struck the southeastern part of Tubaland, causing some coastal flooding.

A tropical depression formed on the afternoon of September 23 off the coast of southeastern Tubaland. The depression organized, forming into a tropical storm the following morning, and receiving the name Shary from the LTWC. Shary strengthened slightly before making landfall early in the morning on September 25 in southeastern Tubaland at its peak intensity of 50 mph and 1001 mbar. Shary weakened as it curved northeast, falling to a tropical depression as it crossed Tuba City Bay on the evening of September 25. On the morning of September 26, Shary became post-tropical as it began to interact with a front to the north, which absorbed it that evening.

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Tropical Storm Tomas
Tropical Storm Tomas was a weak system that struck southwestern Tubaland, also causing some coastal flooding.

A tropical depression formed south of Grantston early in the morning on September 25, and was designated Tropical Depression Nineteen by the LTWC. On the morning of the 26th, gale force winds were found near the center of Nineteen, and the system was named Tomas by the LTWC after being upgraded to a tropical storm. Tomas made landfall east of Grantston that afternoon at its peak intensity of 45 mph with a pressure of 1004 mbar, and weakened to a depression early the following morning as it moved inland. Tomas dissipated on the afternoon of the 27th.

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Tropical Storm Virginie
Tropical Storm Virginie was a strong tropical storm that passed through the Southern Islands of Tubaland and Pedal Peninsula in early October, causing light damage.

A tropical wave was monitored for development in late September. The wave began to organize, and formed into a tropical depression on the morning of September 29, and was designated as Tropical Depression Twenty by the LTWC. Twenty tracked northeast, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Virginie on the evening of the 30th. Virginie peaked as a 50 mph storm the following morning, and fell to tropical depression status due to increasing wind shear on the evening of the 1st. Virginie restrengthened into a tropical storm on the evening of the 2nd, and reached a secondary peak of 45 mph and 1000 mbar early the following morning before making landfall on the northernmost of the Bergian islands later that morning and weakening back to a depression that afternoon. Virginie regenerated into a tropical storm early in the morning of October 5 as it began to transition into a post tropical cyclone, but weakened into a tropical depression that afternoon before becoming post-tropical that evening. Virginie's remnant dissipated the following morning just after making landfall near Savannahport.

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Tropical Storm Walter
Tropical Storm Walter was another high-end tropical storm that hit southwestern Tubaland in early October, causing moderate damage.

A tropical wave well south of Grantston began to show signs of cyclogenesis on September 30, and formed into Tropical Depression Twenty-one on the morning of October 1. The depression strengthened through the day, and was named Walter as it reached tropical storm status that evening. Walter curved to the north, and reached a peak intensity on the morning of October 3 with winds of 70 mph and a pressure of 986 mbar as it approached southwestern Tubaland. Walter weakened slighly after its peak, and struck southwestern Tubaland on the early in the morning of October 4, with maximum winds of 50 mph and a pressure of 995 mbar. Walter degenerated to a remnant low as it moved inland later that morning, and dissipated that evening as it approached Lake Legato.

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Hurricane Alpha
Hurricane Alpha was a fairly intense and powerful hurricane that grazed southeastern Tubaland before making landfall in Ottoland during early October.

A tropical wave southwest of Narrow Cape formed into a tropical depression early in the morning on October 4, and was designated as Tropical Depression Twenty-two by the LTWC. Twenty-two then strengthened into Tropical Storm Alpha that evening. Alpha continued to strengthen as it tracked northwest, and reached hurricane status early in the morning on October 6. Alpha reached Category 2 status that afternoon, and an eye began to clear out that evening. On the afternoon of October 7, Alpha peaked as a 110 mph hurricane with a minimum central pressure of 955 mbar, beginning a weakening trend thereafter as it recurved away from southeastern Tubaland, weakening back to a Category 1 on the afternoon of the 8th, weakening further to a tropical storm on the evening of October 9. Alpha made landfall in northeastern Ottoland as a 50 mph tropical storm on the afternoon of October 10, degenerating to a remnant low early the following morning and dissipating the following afternoon.

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Hurricane Beta
Hurricane Beta was a large and powerful storm that struck southeastern Tubaland in early October, carving a trail of heavy damage up to Tuba City.

A tropical wave in the southern Sousa Sea began to organize, and formed into a tropical depression on the afternoon of October 9. The depression strengthened into a storm early the following morning, and was named Beta. Beta began to rapidly intensify over warm waters with SSTs reaching 30 C under a pocket of low shear, and reached hurricane strength early in the morning on the 11th. Shear increased to moderate levels, but Beta's intensification continued, albeit somewhat more slowly. Beta was upgraded to a Category 2 hurricane on the evening of the 11th, and then became the eighth major hurricane of the 1980 season as it strengthened into a Category 3 on the evening of October 12. Beta peaked the following afternoon as a high end Category 3, bearing winds of 125 mph and a pressure of 942 mbar. Early in the morning on October 14, Beta made landfall as a 115 mph Category 3 with a minimum central pressure of 948 mbar northeast of Tuba Beach. Beta continued inland, weakening to a tropical storm that afternoon. Beta then passed just west of Bassmont that evening, with sustained winds still at 60 mph. On the afternoon of October 15, Beta weakened to a depression, and degenerated into a remnant low the following evening before dissipating early in the morning on October 17.

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Hurricane Gamma
Hurricane Gamma was an unusually intense and erratic hurricane that made two cyclonic loops- one off southwestern Tubaland and the other in Lake Legato.

A broad tropical wave formed into a tropical depression on the afternoon of October 13 well south-southwest of Grantston. The depression continued to develop, and soon became a broad tropical storm on the morning of October 14, receiving the name Gamma from the LTWC. Despite its large size, Gamma managed to quickly intensify into a hurricane by the morning of October 15. Gamma continued to intensify, reaching Category 2 status early in the morning of the 16th, its forward motion also slowing considerably. On the evening of the 16th, Gamma reached its initial peak intensity of 105 mph and 954 mbar before weakening back to a Category 1 the following morning. Gamma then turned sharply counterclockwise, continuing on an easterly path. Gamma turned north through the following days, and weakened to a tropical storm on the afternoon of October 20 as it approached southwestern Tubaland. On the evening of October 20, Gamma made landfall in southwestern Tubaland with sustained winds of 70 mph and a central pressure of 966 mbar. Gamma continued north, weakening slightly until it entered Lake Legato as a storm with 50 mph winds and a pressure of 975 mbar on the afternoon of October 21. Gamma began to restrengthen immediately upon entering, and regained hurricane status on the morning of October 22. Gamma's forward motion again began to slow as it turned to the east and became a Category 2 hurricane on the evening of October 23, remaining virtually stationary while strengthening until it suddenly began moving northwest the following morning. On the evening of October 24, Gamma reached its peak intensity of 110 mph and 939 mph, setting a record for the lowest peak pressure for a non-major hurricane in the Tubaland basin. Gamma subsequently began to weaken, falling to a Category 1 hurricane early in the morning on October 26, just before making landfall west of Ryansburg with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and a pressure of 948 mbar. Gamma weakened as it moved inland, weakening to a tropical storm that afternoon and becoming extratropical on the morning of October 27. Gamma' remnant persisted into Uchia, where it dissipated on the morning of October 28.

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Hurricane Delta
Hurricane Delta was a powerful hurricane that struck Pedal Point in late October, leaving extensive damage.

A frontal system spawned a powerful non-tropical low in late October off of southeastern Tubaland. The low pressure system drifted southeast before turning west abruptly early in the morning on October 20. That afternoon, the low became tropical as convection flared up around the center, and the system was named Tropical Storm Delta by the LTWC. Delta encountered very favorable conditions for strengthening, and became a hurricane in the morning on the 21st. Conditions became favorable for rapid intensification starting that evening, when Delta passed over SSTs of 31-32 C.On the afternoon of the 22nd, Delta reached major hurricane status, and strengthened even further to become a Category 4 hurricane that evening. Early in the morning on October 23, Delta reached its peak intensity as a strong Category 4 with winds of 155 mph and a pressure of 928 mbar just before making landfall at Pedal Point. Delta moved inland, rapidly weakening to a 90 mph Category 1 by late in the morning and further to a tropical storm that afternoon. Early in the morning on October 25, Delta degenerated into a remnant low, and dissipated that evening.

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Tropical Storm Epsilon
Tropical Storm Epsilon was a weak tropical storm that struck southeastern Tubaland in late October.

A tropical wave off the southeastern coast of Tubaland formed into a depression on the afternoon of November 24. The depression then strengthened into a tropical storm the following morning, and was named Epsilon. Epsilon continued to strengthen as it approached Tubaland, and made landfall near Tuba Beach at its peak as a 45 mph storm with a pressure of 1003 mbar.

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Subtropical Storm Zeta
Subtropical Storm Zeta was a strong subtropical cyclone that impacted eastern and northeastern Tubaland in early November.

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Hurricane Eta
Hurricane Eta was a moderate hurricane that struck Ottoland in November, causing minor damage.

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Hurricane Theta
Hurricane Theta was a small but powerful hurricane that struck southwestern Tubaland, leaving moderate damage.

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Hurricane Iota
Hurricane Iota was a fairly strong December hurricane of subtropical origin that struck southeastern Tubaland, leaving minor to moderate damage.

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Season effects
This is a table of all the storms that have formed in the 1980 Tubaworld hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s), denoted in parentheses, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a tropical wave, or a low, and all the damage figures are in USD. Potential tropical cyclones are not included in this table.

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