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ABNT30 KNHC 011122
TWSAT 
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT FRI AUGUST 1 2002
 
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THERE WAS ONE TROPICAL STORM IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING JULY 2002.

TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR WAS FIRST DETECTED ON THE 9TH IN THE 
NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS A WEAK LOW THAT DEVELOPED ALONG AN 
OLD FRONTAL ZONE.  THE LOW MOVED NORTHEASTWARD TO THE COAST OF NORTH 
CAROLINA BY THE 14TH...WHERE IT ACQUIRED ORGANIZED CONVECTION AND 
BECAME TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE.  IT STRENGTHENED TO A 60-MPH 
TROPICAL STORM BY THE 16TH WHILE LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES SOUTH 
OF NOVA SCOTIA AND ACCELERATING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD. ARTHUR BECAME 
EXTRATROPICAL ON THE NEXT DAY WHILE LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES 
SOUTH OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME        DATES   WIND-MPH    DEATHS   U.S. DAMAGE
-----------   ----------   --------    ------   -----------
T.S. ARTHUR   14-16 JULY      60  0          0


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