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TWSAT 
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001

SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY FOR JUNE 2001...
 
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
 
ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING THE MONTH
OF JUNE.  TROPICAL STORM ALLISON DEVELOPED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT
HAD MOVED INTO THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN ON 2 JUNE.  THE
DISTURBANCE STALLED OVER THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC BEFORE MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AND WEAKENING OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.  BY 4
JUNE...THE DISTURBANCE MOVED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE WESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO WHERE TUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASED...AND THE SYSTEM
BECAME A DEPRESSION WHEN A SMALL LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION FORMED ON THE
MORNING OF THE 5TH.  THE DEPRESSION STRENGTHENED QUICKLY...BECOMING
TROPICAL STORM ALLISON AND REACHING A PEAK INTENSITY OF 60 MPH EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON.  ALLISON WEAKENED SLIGHTLY BEFORE IT MOVED INLAND
WITH 50 MPH WINDS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

AFTER MOVING INLAND...ALLISON RAPIDLY WEAKENED BEFORE STALLING OVER
EASTERN TEXAS ON THE 7TH.  THE REMNANT CIRCULATION DRIFTED SOUTH...
AND EMERGED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO ON THE 9TH...WHERE
THE SYSTEM REORGANIZED AS A SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE BEFORE MOVING INLAND
AGAIN OVER LOUISIANA ON THE 11TH.  THE SUBTROPICAL LOW TRACKED
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD BEFORE STALLING OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ON
THE 14TH.  THE LOW WAS NEARLY STATIONARY FOR ALMOST THREE DAYS
BEFORE FINALLY MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST ON
THE 17TH.  THE SUBTROPICAL LOW MERGED WITH A COLD FRONT AND
DISSIPATED ON THE 19TH SOUTHEAST OF NOVA SCOTIA.

ALLISON PRODUCED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EASTERN TEXAS ACROSS
THE GULF STATES AND ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...RESULTING IN THE
MOST EXTENSIVE FLOODING EVER ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL STORM.
PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ESTIMATES RANGE FROM $2.5-4.0 BILLION AND THERE
WERE AT LEAST 32 DIRECT DEATHS.  IN THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN
AREA...WHERE MORE THAN 30 INCHES OF RAIN WERE REPORTED AT SEVERAL
LOCATIONS...DAMAGE ESTIMATES ARE NEAR $2 BILLION AND AT LEAST 22
FATALITIES OCCURRED.  THE PRELIMINARY DEATH TOLL BY STATES IS AS
FOLLOWS:  TEXAS 22, FLORIDA 8, LOUISIANA 1, AND MISSISSIPPI 1.

SUMMARY TABLE...

NAME        DATES         WIND-MPH    DEATHS         US DAMAGE
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ALLISON    5-19 JUNE        60          32*     EST 2.5-4.0 BILLION
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*  THERE WERE AN ADDITIONAL 11 FATALITIES INDIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH 
ALLISON.
 

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