print email comment close Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names URL: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml Description: Lists of tropical cyclone names for various regions throughout the world. "Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. ... Six lists [of 21 names] are used in rotation." If "more than 21 named tropical cyclones occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, additional storms will take names from the Greek alphabet." Also includes a list of retired hurricane names. From the National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center. Publisher: National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center Extra Keywords World Meteorological Organization Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cyclones -- Tropics -- Names Hurricanes LII Database Information: Record 19440 created by Maria Brandt on 10/24/2005 Last modification on 10/26/2005 Published: 10/26/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19440