Edna is a retired Atlantic hurricane name. The World Meteorological Organization took it off the lists after the 1954 storm, so no future Atlantic storm will be called Edna. Since 1980, two storms have been named Edna; the strongest, in 2014, peaked as a tropical storm.
Yes. Edna is on NHC’s list of retired Atlantic names because of the 1954 storm. It is one of 100 names retired there since 1954 (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
A name is retired when a storm was so deadly or costly that using the name again would be insensitive; the World Meteorological Organization then picks a new name with the same first letter at its annual meeting.
It won’t be. Retired names are not used again on the Atlantic lists.
Edna formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 2014 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 982 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Edna (2014): track and historyEdna formed in the Southern Hemisphere in December 1980 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Tropical Storm Edna (1980): track and historyThe most recent was Tropical Storm Edna in 2014, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on January 31, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1980.
Tropical Storm Edna in 2014 was the strongest, peaking as a tropical storm with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 982 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January. The weakest of the two, in 1980, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).