Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Tropical Storm Claudette was the third named storm of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season and the first tropical cyclone of 2009 to affect the United States .
Simplified: Tropical Storm Claudette was the third named storm of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season . It was also the first tropical cyclone to affect the United States during 2009 .