Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #201 (June 4 - 11, 1995)

[Jack Beven]

This report is compiled from warnings issued by:
National Hurricane Center Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Naval Pacific Meteor./Ocean. Center Fiji Meteorological Service
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Japanese Meteorological Agency Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Philippine Meteorological Service Royal Observatory of Hong Kong
Indian Meteorological Department Reunion Meteorological Service
Mauritius Meteorological Service
(others may be added as they become available)

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WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #201 JUNE 4 - 11, 1995

North Atlantic Basin:

Hurricane Allison: At the start of the summary period, Allison was over
the northeast Gulf of Mexico moving north toward the Florida Panhandle with
65 kt winds. This turned out to be the peak intensity. The hurricane turned
northeast early on 5 June and passed just south of Apalachicola, Florida. It
probably weakened to a tropical storm (this is still being analyzed) as it
made landfall later that day near St. Marks, Florida. The storm continued
northeast into Georgia and weakened to a low pressure system over South
Carolina on 6 June. The remains of Allison continued northeast and was trace-
able from South Carolina to Newfoundland during 6-8 June. It should be noted
that the remains of Allison continued to produce tropical storm force winds
during 6-8 June. These occurred over the Atlantic well away from the center.
The National Hurricane Center is analyzing the data from that period to de-
termine whether Allison was extratropical, a tropical storm, or a hybrid
storm.

Allison and its remnants affected the southeast United States from Florida
to Virginia. The automated station at Keaton Beach, Florida, reported 39 kt
sustained winds between 1500-1600 UTC 5 June with a peak gust of 51 kt at
1514 UTC. Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta, Georgia reported a minimum
pressure of 992.7 mb at 2100 and 2200 UTC the same day. Apalachicola reported
a storm total rainfall of 7.46 in (294 mm), with numerous other reports of
3-5 in (118-197 mm) along the storm track.

There are no confirmed deaths due to Allison. Property damage due to storm
surge was reported along the Florida coast between Apalachicola and Tampa.
Tornadoes produced additional damage in northeast Florida and southeast
Georgia. Monetary damage figures are not available at this time.

Eastern North Pacific Basin (E of 140 Deg. W): No tropical cyclones.

Central North Pacific Basin (180 Deg. W to 140 Deg. W): No tropical cyclones.

Western North Pacific Basin (W of 180 Deg.):

Tropical Storm Deanna/Auring: At the start of the summary period, Deanna
(named Auring by the Philippine Meteorological Service) was moving north
through the South China Sea with 45 kt winds. This turned out to be the peak
intensity. The system moved slowly north on 5 June, then it stalled near
19N 119E the next day. Deanna/Auring turned north-northeast on 7 June, then it
weakened to a depression before crossing Taiwan on 8 June. The cyclone became
extratropical the next day near 28N 128E.

Ship PENZ reported 34 kt winds and a pressure of 1003.5 mb at 1800 UTC 5
June. Although Deanna/Auring affected the Philippines and Taiwan, there are
no reports of damage or casualties at this time.

Tropical Storm Eli: Tropical Depression formed near 13N 145E, or near
Guam, on 4 June. Initially moving west, the depression turned north-northwest
the next day. TD-4W turned north on 6 June, and this motion continued the
next day as it reached tropical storm strength. Eli's intensity peaked at
35 kt, and it weakened to a depression on 8 June while turning northeast.
The cyclone dissipated on 9 June near 25N 139E.

Eli affected Guam as it was first developing. Agana reported a 43 kt gust
at 0632 UTC 4 June. There are no reports of damage or casualties at this
time.

North Indian Ocean Basin: No tropical cyclones.

South Indian Ocean Basin (W of 135 Deg. E): No tropical cyclones.

South Pacific Ocean Basin (E of 135 Deg. E): No tropical cyclones.


Disclaimer: While an effort has been made to insure that this information is
as accurate as possible, this is a preliminary and unofficial report drawn
from operational warnings. Thus, it may not always agree with the best track
information published after the storm is over. Please address any questions
or comments on the information this week to Jack Beven at Internet addresses:

jbe...@delphi.com

Past text copies of the Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary can be obtained via e-
mail or by ftp (see announcement above). Please send an e-mail message to Jack
Beven if you are interested.

A digitized version of the weekly summary with DMSP polar orbiting imagery
is available over the World Wide Web. This is courtesy of Greg Deuel at the
DMSP satellite archive. It can be found at: http://web.ngdc.noaa.gov/ under
the Weekly Updated Items section of the DMSP Satellite Archive home page.

For more information on the imagery and how to retrieve the digitized
summary and images by other methods, please contact Greg Deuel at Internet
address:

g...@po-box.ngdc.noaa.gov