page_title: Tropical Storm Tammy (2005)
section_title: Preparations
hierarchical_section_title: Tropical Storm Tammy (2005) / Preparations
context_page_description: Tropical Storm Tammy is the nineteenth named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Tammy was a tropical storm that only existed for a total of two days and brought minor damages to the southeastern United States. It peaked with 50 mph just before making landfall on the northern Florida coast. Most of the damages were losses from FEMA that totaled up to $30 million.
  Tammy formed from a strong non-tropical low on October 5 just off the Floridan coast. It moved north, peaking with 50 mph winds jus before making landfall on Atlantic Beach, Florida on October 6 dissipating shortly after. Tammy's remnants were absorbed by a cold front in the Gulf of Mexico.
context_section_description: A tropical storm warning was given out at short notice for the coast from Cocoa Beach, Florida to the Santee River, South Carolina as soon as Tropical Storm Tammy formed on October 5. Tammy moved inland the southern end of the warning zone, eventually moving north to Altamaha Sound, Georgia before all warnings were discontinued on October 6.
caption: Radar image of Tropical Storm Tammy, 1834Z October 5, 2005.