000 ABNT30 KNHC 011158 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY...CORRECTED NWS/TPC NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003 CORRECTED FOR TWO DEATHS FROM TROPICAL STORM ANA AND A DATE CHANGE FOR ANA. FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...TROPICAL STORM ANA...FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING APRIL AND TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO AND TROPICAL STORM BILL...FORMED IN JUNE. ANA HAD THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST ATLANTIC TROPICAL STORM ON RECORD IN THE MONTH OF APRIL. IT FORMED AS A SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE ABOUT 120 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA EARLY ON APRIL 21ST...BUT SOON ACQUIRED TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. ANA MOVED ON A GENERALLY EASTWARD TRACK OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND THEN BECAME EXTRATROPICAL. TWO DEATHS HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO ANA WHEN A BOAT CAPSIZED AT JUPITER INLET FLORIDA LATE ON APRIL 20TH. THIS WAS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF INCOMING SWELLS FROM ANA AND THE OUTGOING TIDE. SHORT-LIVED TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO DEVELOPED IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC ON JUNE 10TH...ONLY THE THIRD TROPICAL CYCLONE TO FORM TO THE EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IN JUNE SINCE 1967. IT MOVED RAPIDLY WESTWARD AND DEGENERATED INTO A TROPICAL WAVE ONE DAY AFTER IT FORMED. TROPICAL STORM BILL FORMED OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON JUNE 29TH. IT MOVED NORTHWARD AND MADE LANDFALL IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA WITH WINDS TO 60 MPH LATE ON THE 30TH. BILL PRODUCED AT LEAST FIVE CONFIRMED TORNADOES...COSTAL FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN. ONE OF THE TORNADOES STRUCK RESERVE LOUISIANA DAMAGING 20 MOBILE HOMES AND INJURING 4 PEOPLE. THIS MORNING...BILL IS A WEAKENING DEPRESSION OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA AND IS SPREADING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. SUMMARY TABLE - JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 2003 NAME DATES MAX WIND - MPH DEATHS ----------------------------------------------------------- TS ANA 21-24 APRIL 40 2 TD TWO 10-11 JUNE 35 0 TS BILL 29 JUNE- 60 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- NOTE...DATES ARE BASED ON UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...UTC FORECASTER PASCH/STEWART/LAWRENCE
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