“With today’s formation of Tropical Storm Fay, we have seen the earliest development of the sixth named tropical system in the Atlantic Basin in recorded history. Those records go back to the 1800s,” NY1 reports. RELATED: For more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter. Dennis Feltgen, public affairs officer for the National Hurricane Center, told The New York Times, “It was forecast to be an active season and by golly it is. We haven’t even scratched the surface of the season yet.” The previous record for an early “F” storm was set in 2005 by Tropical Storm Franklin, which formed in the Bahamas on July 22 of that year. For comparison, the average letter “F” storm forms in early September. And, as you may recall, 2005 was the year Hurricane Katrina killed over 1,800 people, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since 1928. And what you probably didn’t know is that this is the second similar storm-naming record to be set this year. Tropical Storm Edouard, which formed on July 4, became the earliest “E” storm ever in the Atlantic, taking the record from Tropical Storm Emily, also in 2005.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb On Thursday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center warned that Fay will bring heavy rain and possible flooding to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, specifically from Maryland to Rhode Island. So storm watchers, brace yourselves. And for more on awful storms, check out 33 Facts About Storms That Will Make You Run for Cover.
