Whimpiest TS,Cane

[Forecaster Colby]

2005 - Gamma

It formed twice and kept getting steamrollered by shear.

[f5]

What hurricane should be awarded the Whimpiest Storm Of The Year award?

2005

LEE

2004

HERMINE

2003

HENRI

2002

CRISTOBAL

2001

OLGA

2000

MICHAEL

1999

DENNIS

1998

ARLENE

1997

DANNY

1996

ARTHUR

1995

BARRY

1994

CHRIS

1993

FLOYD

1992

FRANCES

1991

ANA

1990

LILI

1989

BARRY

1988

ALBERTO

1987

FLOYD

1986

ANDREW
CHARLEY

1985

HENRI
ISABEL

1984

BERTHA

1983

CHANTAL

1982

BERYL

1981

BRET
FLOYD

1980

EARL

1979

BOB

Dennis got his problem fix this year
Andrew may be wimpy the first time but the second time around he leveled homestead thats far from wimpy
Charley destroyed Punta Gorda
Isabel got her eye fixed
Floyd was NC Allision
Bob hit in an area that doesn't get hit
Katrina in 1999 was a 40 mph tropical storm but this year well you know the story.She was a totally different creature

[Forecaster Colby]

Charley didn't destroy Punta Gorda that time.

[gilbert88]

Seems like Ernesto and Hermine are just wimpy names. They have both been the weakest TS in two separate years. In fact, there has never been a Hurricane Ernesto or Hurricane Hermine.

[MGC]

Bertha back in 2002. I stood on the beach a short 25 miles from the center of Bertha. The sun was shining and the winds were calm. We were under a tropical storm warning at the time.....MGC

[Brent]

I nominate Gamma.

[Brent]

Seems like Ernesto and Hermine are just wimpy names. They have both been the weakest TS in two separate years. In fact, there has never been a Hurricane Ernesto or Hurricane Hermine.

Well... Ernesto is on the list next year. I agree, it sounds wimpy, but then again, so did Katrina.

[Andrew92]

Chris probably takes the overall award for wimpiest of 2000, but honorable mention goes to TS Helene- which got torn apaer by shear right before landfall. The center of the storm made landfall pretty much on top of our apartment building back when we lived about 100 yards from the Gulf, and I can remember calling my parents saying "Hey, the hotel across the street from us is on CNN Headline News even though nothing much weather-wise is really happening right now."

Don't get me wrong, I'll take a lame storm any day over something more powerful, but Helene was impressively lame in her own special way.

While I see what you're saying about Helene, my honorable mention for wimpiest of 2000 was Ernesto. If Chris had gotten a hair stronger (which at first seemed possible), Ernesto would have likely had the wimpiest storm title.

Yet, I wonder about Ernesto next year......

-Andrew92

[jkt21787]

Gamma is quickly looking like a contender for this award...

[f5]

Seems like Ernesto and Hermine are just wimpy names. They have both been the weakest TS in two separate years. In fact, there has never been a Hurricane Ernesto or Hurricane Hermine.

Well... Ernesto is on the list next year. I agree, it sounds wimpy, but then again, so did Katrina.

ask folks along the mississippi/louisiana gulf coast if Katrina was wimpy

[Brent]

Seems like Ernesto and Hermine are just wimpy names. They have both been the weakest TS in two separate years. In fact, there has never been a Hurricane Ernesto or Hurricane Hermine.

Well... Ernesto is on the list next year. I agree, it sounds wimpy, but then again, so did Katrina.

ask folks along the mississippi/louisiana gulf coast if Katrina was wimpy

I didn't say it was... I said the name Katrina SOUNDED wimpy BEFORE the season began.

[f5]

Katrina is a name that will bring back traumatic images of flooded homes and slabs

[MGC]

Gamma has killed 3. So, it is not on the wimp list......MGC

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I heard 6...

[f5]

no TS or cane is wimpy

[Forecaster Colby]

I un-nominate Gamma, given the 18z models

[quandary]

Yeah, I really don't understand why Dennis is on this list... it was a Cat 2 (or high end Cat 1) hurricane in 1999. It made landfall as a TS, but a strong one, and it dumped huge amounts of rain over NC. It caused copious amounts of costal erosion and set the stage for the biblical floods of Floyd less than 3 weeks later.