Six Named Storms At Once In Atlantic And Eastern Pacific Basins Ties Modern Record

Six named storms are currently active in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins, which appears to have tied a record number of combined storms at once in those two areas.

While Humberto and Kiko were spinning in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, four new tropical cyclones formed Tuesday: Imelda and Jerry in the Atlantic Basin, and Mario and Lorena in the Eastern Pacific Basin.

After checking with colleagues, veteran National Hurricane Center forecaster Eric Blake tweeted that this combined number of active storms in both basins was believed to tie a modern record from September 1992.

"They are forming like roaches out there," Blake tweeted Tuesday afternoon.

Three of those Tuesday newcomers formed at roughly the same time — around 11 a.m. EDT. About two hours later, the NHC initiated advisories on Tropical Depression Eleven near the upper Texas coast. Ninety minutes after that, it made landfall as Tropical Storm Imelda.