of the year formed near the northern coast of Panama on November 17. The depression was noted as a "...strong depression..." by the National Hurricane Center and may have briefly attained tropical storm intensity before making landfall in northern Costa Rica on November 18; the system dissipated later that day over land. Storm names The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1973. Storms were named Christine, Delia, Ellen and Fran for the first time in 1973. Due to the relatively minimal impact caused by storms during the season, no names were retired in the spring of 1974; however, due to the addition of male names in 1979, the list was removed and replaced with a new set of names. Fran, Kate, Rose, and Sally got placed onto the modern lists, with Fran being retired after 1996. Subtropical storm names The following names were used for subtropical storms in the Atlantic basin for this year. This year was the second and last year to use the phonetic alphabet. Although a storm was given the name Bravo, it was renamed Fran after acquiring tropical characteristics. Season effects This is a table of the storms in 1973 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low. |- | One || || bgcolor=#| || || || || || || |- | Two || || bgcolor=#| || || || || || || |- | Alice || || bgcolor=#|Category 1 hurricane || || || Bermuda, Newfoundland || Minimal || || |- | Alfa || || bgcolor=#| || || || New England || || || |- | Brenda || || bgcolor=#|Category 1 hurricane || || || Mexico || Unknown || 10 || |- | Christine || || bgcolor=#|Tropical storm || || || Leeward Islands || Unknown || 0 (1) || |- | Delia || || bgcolor=#| || || || Mexico, Texas || $6 million || 2 (3) || |- | Eleven || || bgcolor=#|Tropical depression || || || Quintana Roo, Mexico, Texas || $22 million || || |- | Ellen || || bgcolor=#|Category 3 hurricane || || || || || || |- | Thirteen || || bgcolor=#| || || || || ||