000 ABNT30 KNHC 011208 TWSAT MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT SAT JULY 1 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO...FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING JUNE. THE FORMATION OF AN ATLANTIC BASIN NAMED STORM PRIOR TO THE END OF JUNE IS NOT AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. IN THE 50 YEARS PRIOR TO 2006...AT LEAST ONE NAMED STORM FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN BY 30 JUNE IN 29 OF THOSE YEARS. ALBERTO FORMED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA EARLY ON 10 JUNE. THE CENTER OF THE POORLY-ORGANIZED DEPRESSION MOVED NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL THAT NIGHT. THE CYCLONE BECAME A TROPICAL STORM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ON THE MORNING OF 11 JUNE WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 200 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA. ALBERTO THEN TURNED NORTHWARD BUT STRENGTHENED ONLY SLIGHTLY...WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 50 MPH EARLY ON 12 JUNE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF. THE STORM TURNED NORTHEASTWARD LATER THAT MORNING WHILE ABRUPTLY STRENGTHENING TO ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 70 MPH. ALBERTO WEAKENED THE FOLLOWING NIGHT AS IT APPROACHED THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. ITS CENTER MADE LANDFALL NEAR ADAMS BEACH IN THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA...ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE...NEAR MIDDAY ON 13 JUNE. ALBERTO WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION EARLY ON 14 JUNE OVER GEORGIA AND THEN EMERGED OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES AS AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT NIGHT. THE SYSTEM ACCELERATED NORTHEASTWARD...PASSED NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIME PROVINCES AND THEN TRAVERSED THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN...REACHING IRELAND ON 18 JUNE. SUMMARY TABLE NAME DATES MAX WIND DEATHS U.S. DAMAGE (MPH) ($ MILLION) -------------------------------------------------------------- TS ALBERTO 10-14 JUNE 70 * ** -------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE...DATES BASED ON COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) *UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME **ESTIMATE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE $$ FORECASTER KNABB/AVILA
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