the following years: Hurricane Marilyn ten days later after Luis, Hurricane Bertha and Hortense in 1996, Erika in 1997, Georges in 1998, Jose and Lenny in 1999, and Debby in 2000. Records and retirement On August 29, Tropical Storm Luis marked the earliest date on which the twelfth named storm of the season formed, surpassing the previous record set by Tropical Storm Twelve on August 31, 1933. This record has since been broken by Hurricane Laura, which intensified into a tropical storm on August 20, 2020. Shortly before becoming extratropical, Hurricane Luis was moving at , becoming one of the fastest-moving Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history. With a hurricane force-wind field expanding over from the center, Luis had the largest radius of hurricane-force winds measured for an Atlantic hurricane until Lorenzo in 2019. It was also one of the most intense extratropical cyclones by wind speed. While extratropical cyclones usually only have wind speeds ranging from , Luis achieved major hurricane-force winds south of Newfoundland. This would not occur again until Hurricane Fiona in 2022. On September 11, a wave struck an ocean liner as a result of Luis. This wave is the largest ever officially recorded, although Hurricane Ivan may have produced a wave of up to high off the coast of Mexico in 2004. Since 1950, there have been very few Atlantic hurricanes that have had an Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index of over 50. By spending nearly fourteen days as a named storm, including seven consecutive days as a major hurricane, Luis achieved an ACE value of 53.9, the highest since Hurricane Inez in 1966. It retained this record until 2003, when Hurricane Isabel recorded an ACE of 63.3. Due to the severe damage and loss of life caused by the storm in the Leeward Islands, the name "Luis" was retired in the spring of 1996, ensuring that it will never be used for another Atlantic hurricane. It was subsequently replaced with "Lorenzo" in the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. Luis was the first Atlantic hurricane name beginning with "L" to have its name retired, and the first hurricane to be retired since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. See also List of Atlantic hurricanes List of Bermuda hurricanes List of Canada hurricanes List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes Hurricane Hortense (1996) Hurricane Earl (2010) Hurricane Igor (2010) Hurricane Jose (2017) References External links Canadian Hurricane Center Luis Luis Luis