tropical storm
noun
: a tropical cyclone with strong winds of over 39 miles (63 kilometers) per hour but less than hurricane intensity
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There were no coastal watches or warnings for weather impacts from the tropical storm.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Tropical depressions turn into tropical storms when their winds reach 39 miles per hour and tropical storms start to be classified as hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, when their maximum sustained winds reach 74 miles per hour.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are monitoring three disturbances in the Atlantic, one of which has a 70 percent chance to develop into a tropical cyclone, after Hurricane Gil weakened into a tropical storm in the Pacific.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
These massive storms can be both round or linear in shape and be in systems like squall lines and tropical storms.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Tropical depressions turn into tropical storms when their winds reach 39 miles per hour and tropical storms start to be classified as hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, when their maximum sustained winds reach 74 miles per hour.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are monitoring three disturbances in the Atlantic, one of which has a 70 percent chance to develop into a tropical cyclone, after Hurricane Gil weakened into a tropical storm in the Pacific.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
These massive storms can be both round or linear in shape and be in systems like squall lines and tropical storms.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
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“Tropical storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical%20storm. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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