Storm was a lightly carbonated, caffeinated

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flavored

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. It was

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ed by

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in some areas of the U.S. in 1998 as part of Pepsi's attempt to become more competitive in the U.S. clear lemon-lime soda market, one which was dominated by

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's Sprite. Storm differed from Sprite in that its flavor was uniquely subtle and had a very slight bitterness to it, as well as having caffeine. Although Storm was only offered in test markets, Pepsi included it in their marketing of ''

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'', and offered cans with characters in both Storm and Light Storm varieties. Pepsi already had an existing offering, lemon-lime

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, although it, like Sprite, was caffeine-free. Pepsi dropped Storm while it was still in the test market stage. Test markets included

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. Lemon-lime Slice was dropped in favor of a new formula, marketed as

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, in 2000.

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