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MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SUN AUG 1 1999

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

...SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY DURING JULY...

THERE WERE NO TROPICAL STORMS OR HURRICANES IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN
DURING JULY 1999 BUT THERE WAS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.  THIS IS NOT
ABNORMAL SINCE...ON AVERAGE...ONLY ONE TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE
IS OBSERVED DURING JULY EVERY TWO YEARS.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO FORMED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST GULF OF
MEXICO ON 2 JULY FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT WAS TRACKED FROM THE
COAST OF AFRICA ON 20 JUNE...INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ON 30
JUNE...AND ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ON 1 JULY.  SOON AFTER
DEVELOPING...THE SYSTEM MOVED WESTWARD AND MADE LANDFALL ON THE
COAST OF MEXICO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN LATE ON THE
2ND.  IT DISSIPATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO EARLY ON THE 3RD.
THERE WERE REPORTS OF UP TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN OVER MEXICO...BUT NO
KNOWN CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE.

THERE WAS ONE OTHER SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER SYSTEM DURING THE
MONTH...A VERY STRONG TROPICAL WAVE WHICH NEARLY BECAME A TROPICAL
CYCLONE.  THIS WAVE MOVED OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA ON 3 JULY AND
MOVED RAPIDLY WESTWARD ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC BASIN.  IT
PRODUCED WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN SQUALLS ACROSS THE
CARIBBEAN.  AS THE SYSTEM NEARED HONDURAS LATE ON 10 JULY...IT
BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED...BUT ITS DEVELOPMENT WAS HALTED BY MOVEMENT
OVER LAND.  THE SYSTEM ULTIMATELY SPAWNED TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE-
E IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. 

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME             DATES        WIND      DEATHS    U.S. DAMAGE
----             -----        ----      ------    -----------
T. D. TWO       JUL 2-3      35 MPH        0          0 

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