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ABNT30 KNHC 011046
TWSAT 
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT SAT AUG 01 1998
 
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
 
ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE...TROPICAL STORM ALEX...DEVELOPED IN THE
ATLANTIC HURRICANE BASIN DURING THE MONTH OF JULY.  ALEX FORMED 
FROM A TROPICAL WAVE SOUTH OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS ON 27 JULY
...AND REACHED TROPICAL STORM STATUS ABOUT A DAY LATER.  IT MOVED 
ON A GENERAL WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK AND ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND
SPEEDS INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH ON THE 30TH.  ALEX BEGAN WEAKENING
YESTERDAY AND CURRENTLY HAS MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 40 MPH.  AT THIS
TIME...THE SYSTEM IS CENTERED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS.

SUMMARY TABLE THROUGH 31 JULY

NAME                  DATES        WIND       DEATHS     U.S. DAMAGE
----                  -----        ----       ------     ----------
TROPICAL STORM ALEX   27 JULY -     50          0            0

 
GUINEY/RAPPAPORT