High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hurricane Alex was a rare June hurricane and the first tropical cyclone to form in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. Originating from an area of disturbed weather on June 25, 2010, it slowly developed in the Caribbean Sea and struck Belize as a tropical storm. After entering the Gulf of Mexico, Alex became very large and encountered conditions favorable for slow development. Early on June 30, the cyclone attained hurricane status as it approached northeastern Mexico, the first June hurricane in the Atlantic basin since Hurricane Allison in 1995; the storm rapidly intensified just off the coast of Tamaulipas, and struck near Soto la Marina as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.