The first test Testing was `` Able '' .

Hurricane Catastrophe Able was the only hurricane Catastrophe to make landfall in the United States in the 1952 season .

Forming Coming_to_be on August 18 off the west coast of Africa , Able moved Motion generally west- to west-northwestward for much of its duration .

Two days later , Able attained Getting hurricane Catastrophe status , and on August 30 it turned Becoming sharply to the north-northwest in response Response to a cold front .

Able produced Creating heavy rainfall from Florida through New England , which caused Causation widespread flooding .

Further north , Able produced Creating flooding and gusty winds , which washed out a portion of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad .