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==Storm history==
Hurricane Dennis began as [[wikipedia:Tropical cyclone#types of tropical cyclones|Tropical Depression]] Four in the southeastern [[wikipedia:Caribbean Sea|Caribbean Sea]] on the evening of [[July 4]], the first storm of the season to form away from [[wikipedia:Mexico|Mexico]] and [[wikipedia:Central America|Central America]]. Almost immediately, it made landfall on [[wikipedia:Grenada|Grenada]] as a tropical depression with 30 mph winds.<ref name="DennisTCR">{{cite web|author=National Hurricane Center|title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Dennis|publisher=NOAA|accessmonthday=December 2 |accessyear=2005|format=PDF|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/TCR-AL042005_Dennis.pdf}}</ref> On the morning of [[July 5]], it strengthened into Tropical Storm Dennis in the eastern Caribbean; this was the earliest formation of an Atlantic season's fourth storm (by comparison, during the [[wikipedia:2004 Atlantic hurricane season|2004 season]], [[wikipedia:Hurricane Alex (2004)|Hurricane Alex]] formed in early August and [[wikipedia:Hurricane Charley|Hurricane Charley]] made landfall in [[wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]] on [[August 12]]). The newly named Dennis began moving rapidly to the west-northwest.
On [[July 7]], [[wikipedia:Tropical cyclone warnings and watches|hurricane warnings]] were issued for Cuba at 11 a.m. [[wikipedia:North American Eastern Standard Time Zone|EDT]] (1500 [[wikipedia:UTC|UTC]]). Dennis made landfall near [[wikipedia:Punta del Inglés|Punta del Inglés]] with 140 mph (220 km/h) winds late that day, and dropped down to a Category 3 storm while crossing the peninsula. As it moved back into the [[wikipedia:Gulf of Guacanayabo|Gulf of Guacanayabo]], its wind speed increased to a peak of 150 mph (240 km/h). Dennis then slammed into south-central Cuba just west of [[wikipedia:Punta Mangles Altos|Punta Mangles Altos]] on [[July 8]], again with 140 mph (220 km/h) winds.<ref name="DennisTCR"/>
Crossing Cuba's mountainous terrain disrupted the storm's circulation, weakening Dennis to [[wikipedia:Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 1|]] intensity. However, NHC forecasts continued to indicate the possibility of a return to [[wikipedia:Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 4|]] status after [[wikipedia:Convection#Atmospheric convection|convection]] was re-established. This prediction was borne out when Dennis rapidly reintensified on the afternoon of [[July 9]] over the Gulf Loop Current, a reintensification described by NHC as having occurred "at a rate that bordered on insane."<ref name="NHC-disc23">{{cite web|author=National Hurricane Center|title=Discussion for Hurricane Dennis, 10:00 p.m. CDT, July 9, 2005|publisher=NOAA|accessmonthday=December 2 |accessyear=2005|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/dis/al042005.discus.023.shtml}}</ref> The storm reached Category 4 intensity again on the morning of [[July 10]]. At 1200 [[wikipedia:UTC|UTC]], the storm reached its peak intensity of 930 [[wikipedia:mbar|mbar]] (27.47 inHg), surpassing [[wikipedia:Hurricane Audrey|Hurricane Audrey]] and setting a new record for the strongest storm to form prior to August; the new record stood for less than two weeks before [[wikipedia:Hurricane Emily (2005)|Hurricane Emily]] surpassed it by reaching a pressure of 929 [[wikipedia:mbar|mbar]] (27.43 inHg).<ref name="DennisTCR">{{cite web|author=National Hurricane Center|title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Dennis|publisher=NOAA|accessmonthday=December 2 |accessyear=2005|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/TCR-AL042005_Dennis.pdf}}</ref>
[[Image:Dennis2005filledrainblk.GIF|thumb|left|250px|Total rainfall from Dennis.]]
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