tropical storm

noun

, Meteorology.

1. a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.

tropical storm

1. A tropical cyclone having sustained surface winds between 39 and 73 mi (63 and 118 km) per hour.
2. See Note at cyclone

Word History and Origins

Origin of tropical storm¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Rapidly strengthening on Friday afternoon, Ida was upgraded to a hurricane from a tropical storm by the National Hurricane Center.

From Washington Post

On the sweaty Saturday back in August when I visited the Shack, a tropical storm tore through Staunton and damaged several local restaurants.

From Eater

The Atlantic had so many hurricanes, meteorologists ran out of tropical storm names for only the second time.

From Quartz

More than 23 million people are currently under some kind of hurricane or tropical storm advisory.

From Popular-Science

This hurricane season is living up to the projection that this would be one of the worst years on record, which should come as no surprise given that we know the climate crisis is worsening tropical storms.

From Popular-Science

A tropical storm, clearly visible on radar for days, is to blame.

From The Daily Beast

As I ended my call with Mooney, he was monitoring tropical storm Gonzalo as it was developing into a classified hurricane.

From The Daily Beast

This weatherman gets a little aroused... er, excited to predict the path of a tropical storm.

From The Daily Beast

In 2004, another election year, Florida was hit with four hurricanes and a tropical storm between August and September.

From The Daily Beast

The major cities on the East Coast now have a 40-50% probability of experiencing tropical-storm-force winds.

From The Daily Beast

The same strange tenseness that precedes a tropical storm, an atmosphere of impending conflict, seemed to hang over them.

From Project Gutenberg

On most days it looked impending over us like a tropical storm cloud, ready to dissolve in rain and ruin.

From Project Gutenberg

He had scarcely reached the beach when a tropical storm swept across the waters.

From Project Gutenberg

The fifth day after parting from the brig we encountered a tropical storm.

From Project Gutenberg

Barty was obliged to shout himself, just as he had been obliged to shout in the tropical storm.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• tropical cyclone