Rbbit, I'm not trying to start an argument or anything, but there are some things about some of those second tropcial depressions:

1999 - TD #2 formed just before going inland, so it did not have time to become a storm.

2000 - That TD formed in the far eastern Atlantic in June, when the waters where too cold to support a storm.

2001 - the system formed in July, so I'll give you that one.

2003 - TD #2 formed in June, when conditions do not favour storm development in the open Atlantic.

This is August, when things become a lot more favourable, and this depression is moving into a favourable environment.

Don't get me wrong, I respect your opinion and I'm sure you have the data to back it up. I only used these systems because Unisys does not show depressions before 1995. I just thought I'd throw in my view.

Cheers