What is Tropical Storm Alberto (1988)?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Tropical Storm Alberto | Type=Tropical storm | Year=1988 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Alberto 07 aug 1988 1242Z.jpg | Image name=Tropical Storm Alberto shortly after becoming a tropical storm. | Formed=[[August 5]], [[1988]] | Dissipated=[[August 8]], [[1988]] | 1-min winds=35 | Pressure=1002 | Damages=None | Deaths=None reported | Areas=[[Maine]], [[Atlantic Canada]] | Hurricane season=[[1988 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Tropical Storm Alberto''' (also known as Hurricane Alberto) became a [[Tropical cyclone|tropical storm]] farther north than any other [[Atlantic hurricane|Atlantic tropical cyclone]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tropical Cyclone Climatology|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=www.nhc.noaa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual summaries: Atlantic hurricane season of 1988|work=Monthly Weather Review|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1988.pdf|access-date=2020-09-05|archive-date=2012-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214094031/http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1988.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cuba - Heavy Rains Jun 1988 UNDRO Information Report No. 1 - Cuba|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/cuba/cuba-heavy-rains-jun-1988-undro-information-report-no-1|access-date=2020-09-05|website=ReliefWeb|language=en}}</ref> It was the first tropical storm of the [[1988 Atlantic hurricane season]]. It started from a region of [[low pressure area|low pressure]] off of the coast of [[South Carolina]] on [[August 5]]. It quickly moved northeast. It became a tropical storm on [[August 7]]. It was about 60&nbsp;miles (95&nbsp;km) east of the [[Massachusetts]] island of [[Nantucket, Massachusetts|Nantucket]]. Tropical Storm Alberto continued to move quickly, and struck the western area of [[Nova Scotia]] late on [[August 7]]. It lost its status as a tropical storm the next day when it reached north of [[Newfoundland]]. Alberto produced light [[rain]] and wind across its