The name Dean was used for five
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
s in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Tropical Storm Dean (1983)
Tropical Storm Dean caused minor flooding along portions of the East Coast of the United States in September 1983. The seventh tropical cyclone and fourth named storm the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season, Dean developed from a frontal low to ...
, struck the coast of Virginia, causing minor erosion and flooding
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Hurricane Dean (1989)
Hurricane Dean was a strong tropical cyclone that brought minor effects the United States and Atlantic Canada offshore in early August 1989. The fourth named storm and second hurricane of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, Dean formed on July ...
, passed over Bermuda, causing $8.9 million in damage and 16 injuries
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Tropical Storm Dean (1995), caused significant flooding damage to Chambers County, Texas, but 1 death
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Tropical Storm Dean (2001)
Tropical Storm Dean was a strong tropical storm that affected at least twelve islands along its path from the tropical Atlantic Ocean to east of Atlantic Canada in August 2001. Dean developed from a tropical wave on August 22 over the Lesser Antil ...
, caused $7.7 million in damage to Puerto Rico and minimal damage to the U.S. Virgin Islands
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Hurricane Dean
Hurricane Dean was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the most intense North Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Wilma of 2005, tying for eighth overall. Additionally, it made the fourth most intense A ...
(2007), a Cape-Verde hurricane that made landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula at Category 5 strength
The name was retired after 2007, and was replaced by ''
Dorian'' in the 2013 season.
In the Southeastern Indian Ocean:
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Cyclone Dean (1980), which struck Western Australia and caused substantial damage to Port Hedland
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