Tammy was only the second Atlantic storm to be named with the letter ` T ' , after Tanya in 1995 . This was also the first time Tammy had been used to name any tropical cyclone worldwide . Tammy was only the second Atlantic storm to be named with the letter ` T ' , after Tanya in 1995 , with a third `` T '' named storm , Hurricane Tomas , forming 5 years later in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season This was also the first time Tammy had been used to name any tropical cyclone worldwide .