"A test National Hurricane Centre alert stating Tropical Depression 1 had formed in the northwest Caribbean Friday afternoon caused some media in hurricane–nervous New Orleans Friday afternoon to erroneously report the occurrence.

The false report also made the rounds through email in Grand Cayman.

The alert stated that the Government of Cuba had issued a Tropical Storm Watch for western Cuba. The centre of the storm was reported at 17.2 N 84.0 W, or approximately 230 miles southwest of Grand Cayman, and was heading due north at six knots."