The third tropical cyclone and first hurricane Catastrophe of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season , Alice was one of two storms to receive Receiving the same name that year , the other being an unusual post-season hurricane Catastrophe that persisted into the new year of 1955 , becoming Becoming one of only two January hurricanes Catastrophe on record ( the other having formed Coming_to_be in 1938 ) .

The storm Catastrophe later reached Achieve hurricane Catastrophe strength Cause_change_of_strength and formed Coming_to_be a well-defined eye that lasted only 12 hours before the eye rapidly lost Earnings_and_losses organization for unknown reasons , though the post-season report Reporting on the storm Catastrophe mentions the possibility that its high speed caused Causation the eye to dissipate Dispersal .

though classified as a tropical storm Catastrophe operationally , data during a post-season review indicated Change_sentiment that nate briefly attained Achieve category 1 hurricane Catastrophe status on the unk hurricane Catastrophe wind scale on september 8 .