tropical storm alpha tropical storm alpha named storm atlantic hurricane season names list having alpha tropical storm given greek alphabet october tropical depression formed tropical wave near windward_islands tropical storm october reached peak intensity weakened making landfall dominican_republic afternoon crossing island hispaniola weakened tropical depression persisted october dissipated remnant low absorbed large circulation alpha dumped torrential rain island hispaniola making eighth storm impact poverty stricken haiti caused deaths haiti caused floods rain related landslides roads blocked weeks hundreds houses destroyed meteorological history alpha origins tropical wave developed near windward_islands october satellite images indicated low pressure center associated tropical wave formed near barbados moved west northwest increasing convective activity area light wind shear convection increased weather radar data puerto_rico detected defined cyclonic circulation october area low pressure organized tropical depression southeast hispaniola shortly satellite imagery indicated closed circulation developed associated convection started banding later day depression organized upgraded tropical storm alpha time national_hurricane_center use greek atlantic hurricane alpha came weather radar range puerto_rico radar suggested eyewall like feature developed alpha tracking southwest edge subtropical ridge nearby large circulation alpha experiencing strong southerly flow alpha small circulation faced mountainous terrain hispaniola led forecasters believe alpha soon dissipate shortly alpha reached peak intensity october wind decreased convection remained bands low level circulation disrupted land left center ill defined difficult locate late october alpha landfall hispaniola quickly decreasing intensity making landfall storm weakened leaving tropical storm tropical depression status weakening strong southerly flow nearby hard determine low level circulation present satellite imagery suggested new center developed open waters north hispaniola downgraded tropical depression early day emerging open waters storm soon developed elongated center circulation indicated system weakening october low level center completely dissolved small area convective activity persisted system dissipated remnant low pressure system national_hurricane_center issued advisories alpha shortly remnant low absorbed circulation october preparations october national_hurricane_center issued tropical storm warning island hispaniola tropical storm watch turks islands southeastern bahamas tropical storm watch quickly upgraded tropical storm warning dominican_republic authorities ordered evacuation people living areas flooding possible october government ordered level level county anticipation rainfall haiti experiencing flooding passage october threat rainfall particularly dire country issued weather existing media distribution channels clear instructions residences prepare floods landslides local government ordered evacuation capital city national government mobilized personnel resources pre arranged impact storm circulation technically landfall near dominican_republic bulk impact occurred country poorer neighbor haiti alpha arrived hispaniola brought inches rain triggered floods landslides road port prince haiti closed department coastal city near port prince bridges closed cars pedestrians rivers east west closed roads region main road les closed country landslides temporarily blocked major roads suffering brutal drought stricken floods overwhelmed washed away pipes water draining system damages haiti confined grand departments haiti people died drowned river overflowed died flooding port prince suburb southern town rest deaths results landslides flooding areas country country houses destroyed damaged people killed dominican_republic fishermen went missing sea storm swept away flood waters rivers burst banks damage dominican_republic minimal government request international assistance working haiti took supporting roles response local flooding branch red_cross distributed additional water boxes high energy boxes body soap naming records hurricane names exhausted greek alphabet storm designated alpha reached tropical storm status alpha atlantic subtropical storm season tropical storm alpha time thought alpha second storm season storm broke season record storms single season post season analysis revealed previously unnoticed subtropical storm october alpha storm season alpha tropical storm assigned greek alphabet list hurricane names exhausted
Tropical Storm Alpha (2005)