What is Tropical Storm Fay (2008)?
{{dablink|This article is about the 2008 tropical storm. There is an article about [[Tropical Storm Fay (2002)|Tropical Storm Fay]] in 2002.}} {{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Tropical Storm Fay | Type=Tropical storm | Year=2008 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Fay_19_aug_2008_1615Z.jpg | Image name=Fay over Florida at peak strength | Formed=August 15, 2008 | Dissipated=August 27, 2008 | 1-min winds=60 | Pressure=986 | Damages=560 | Fatalities=13 direct, 23 indirect | Areas=[[Puerto Rico]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Haiti]], [[Jamaica]], [[Cuba]], [[Bahamas]], South Eastern [[US]] | Hurricane season=[[2008 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Tropical Storm Fay''' was the sixth tropical storm of the [[2008 Atlantic hurricane season]]. Tropical Storm Fay caused flooding in [[Haiti]], the next three storms would do that same thing ([[Hurricane Gustav|Gustav]], Hanna, and [[Hurricane Ike|Ike]]). Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in [[Florida]] four times, beating a record from [[Hurricane Gordon (1994)|Hurricane Gordon]] in 1994, which made landfall in Florida three times. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather_fay |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-08-23 |archive-date=2008-08-23 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5aHy8Zxjf?url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather_fay |url-status=live }}</ref> Fay left $560 million in damage and killed 36 people. ==Meteorological history== {{storm path|Fay 2008 track.png|left|200px}} [[Image:Fay Landfall FL up to 0045.gif|thumb|right|Tropical Storm Fay strengthening and then weakening as it passes over south-central Florida]] Fay started as a tropical wave off of [[Africa]] on [[August 7]]. It did not become a tropical depression until [[August 15]]. Shortly later it became Tropical Storm Fay. Fay then crossed [[Dominican Republic]] and [[Haiti]]. Fay continued west and made two landfalls in [[Cuba]]. One in Cabo Cruz on [[August 17]] and Cienfuegos on [[August 18]], at both landfalls Fay had winds of 50 mph.