Agnes began as a tropical disturbance off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico on 14 June 1972. As the disturbance moved northward, it strengthened and became a tropical storm on 16 June.
After regaining strength over the Atlantic, she made landfall again over southeastern New York on 22 June and moved westward in an arc over southern New York into north-central Pennsylvania. She became nearly stationary over Pennsylvania by morning of 23 June, but was soon absorbed by a low-pressure system that slowly drifted northeastward from Pennsylvania into New York.(Relatted Video) Rainfall Amounts |
The NHC/TPC does not control the naming of tropical storms. Instead, a list of names has been established by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is actually one list for each of six years. In other words, one list is repeated every seventh year. The only time that there is a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it. There is an exception to the retirement rule, however. Before 1979, when the first permanent six-year storm name list began, some storm names were simply not used anymore. For example, in 1966, “Fern” was substituted for “Frieda,” and no reason was cited. Year list of retired names
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