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2024 Storm Names

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms had been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated through a strict procedure by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). A developing cyclone is given a name when it officially becomes a tropical storm, meaning it has sustained winds of at least 39 mph. Once maximum sustained winds reach 74 mph, the tropical storm becomes a hurricane.

There are six lists of names that are used in rotation and re-cycled every six years, i.e., the 2023 list will be used again in 2029. The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name for a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the WMO committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it. Several names have been retired since the lists were created, e.g. Katrina, the deadly storm that hit New Orleans in 2005, which was replaced with Katia.

There aren't 26 names on the list — the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are left out. When the list of names run out, the WMO begins to defer to a supplemental list. This has only happened twice in the past 15 years - most recently in 2020, when the primary list of names was used up by mid-September.

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