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The Liverpool England Meterological Service Hurricane Prediction Centre releases monthly summaries of tropical cyclone activity during the active season (February through December) in The Heartland.
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TROPICAL CYCLONE MONTHLY SUMMARY
FEBRUARY 2145
LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERVICE HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE, OREAN
3 AM HPT MARCH 7 2145

FEBRUARY WAS AN UNUSUSALLY ACTIVE MONTH FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY THIS SEASON,
WITH TWO NAMED STORMS FORMING DURING FEBRUARY. THE ESTIMATED AVERAGE HAS BEEN 0.3
NAMED STORMS. TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES... HURRICANE VEIRU AND TROPICAL STORM GEORGE...
FORMED DURING FEBRUARY.

HURRICANE VEIRU STARTED OUT AS A NON-TROPICAL GALE SYSTEM EMBEDDED IN A LARGE
TROUGH NORTHWEST OF COKEKILA ON FEBRUARY 3 - A GOOD MONTH BEFORE THE SOUTHWESTERN
REGION SEASON BEGAN ON MARCH 1. THIS SYSTEM DETACHED FROM THE TROUGH TWO DAYS
LATER AND GAINED SOME TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS, ENDING UP BEING DESIGNATED
SUBTROPICAL STORM VEIRU THE SAME DAY, FEBRUARY 5. CONTINUING TO GAIN TROPICALITY,
IT BECAME FULLY TROPICAL LATER THAT DAY, PROMPTING EMERGENCY HURRICANE WARNINGS
FOR THE COAST OF DASHAKE. IT REACHED ITS PEAK STRENGTH OF 80 KT/971 HPA SHORTLY
BEFORE LANDFALL ON THE COAST OF DASHAKE NOT FAR WEST OF SEALDRE. IT BEGAN TO
MOVE WEST BUT EMERGED INTO OPEN WATER. THE SYSTEM DEGENERATED INTO A SUBTROPICAL
DEPRESSION SHORTLY BEFORE DISSIPATING SOUTH OF PORTLAND, DASHAKE. 132 DEATHS
WERE REPORTED FROM THE STORM, MAKING IT THE DEADLIEST RECORDED IN HEARTLAND
HISTORY.

TROPICAL STORM GEORGE WAS A SHORT-LIVED STORM THAT NEVER WAS. TROPICAL DEPRESSION
TWO FORMED ON THE SAME DAY AS SUBTROPICAL STORM VEIRU, BUT QUICKLY LOST STRENGTH.
SHORTLY AFTER, A RECON AIRCRAFT INDICATED TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS AND THE
SYSTEM WAS NAMED GEORGE. IT MADE LANDFALL ON AN ISLAND OF TORQUAY, KILLING TEN.

SUMMARY TABLE
STR  NAME         NUMBER    DURATION    MAX WIND    DEATHS     LIVERPOOL ENGLAND
                                           KT                       DAMAGE
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H    VEIRU         4501     05-07 FEB      80        132*            NONE
TS   GEORGE        4502     05-06 FEB      45         10             NONE
*PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE
DATES ARE BASED ON LOCAL TIME
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