Hurricane Irwin was a tropical cyclone that formed on October 6, just 6 hours after Hurricane Jova formed. It began its life as Tropical Depression 11-E away from land. As time went on the NHC upgraded the depression into Tropical Storm Irwin. Just a few hours after it was upgraded to a storm, it strengthened into a hurricane. On October 7, Irwin continued to strengthen but then weakened back to a tropical storm late the next day and a few days later, back to tropical depression status. As Jova pulled away, Irwin strengthened yet again, gaining tropical storm status on October 11. It finally dissipated on October 17.