Tropical Storm Dolly was the fourth named storm of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. Dolly developed out of a tropical wave which moved off the coast of Africa on August 27. The wave quickly became organized and on August 29 wave was declared a tropical depression while located 550 nmi (1,020 km) southwest of the Cape Verde islands. The depression quickly intensified into a tropical storm six hours later as banding features fully developed. Dolly reached its peak intensity of 60 mph (95 km/h) the next morning before interaction with a subtropical ridge caused the storm to weaken slightly early on September 1. Dolly fluctuated in intensity over the next several days before a mid-level trough caused the storm to weaken into a tropical depression on September 4 and further into a remnant lo