ZCZC MIATWSAT TTAA00 KNHC 011125 MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT THU JUL 1 1999 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... ...SUMMARY OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY DURING JUNE... THERE WAS ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN DURING JUNE 1999...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE. ON AVERAGE...ONE TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE IS OBSERVED DURING JUNE EVERY TWO YEARS. ARLENE ORIGINATED IN THE SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC ABOUT 550 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA FROM A NON-TROPICAL DISTURBANCE...ALONG THE REMAINS OF A FRONT...ON 11 JUNE. IT STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM THE FOLLOWING DAY WHILE DRIFTING NORTHWARD. ARLENE THREATENED BERMUDA BUT PASSED ABOUT 100 MILES TO THE EAST AND DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THESE ISLANDS. ARLENE DISSIPATED ON THE 18TH TO THE NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA. SUMMARY TABLE: NAME CLASS DATES MAX. MIN. U.S. DIRECT WIND PRESS. DAMAGE DEATHS (MPH) (MB) ($MIL.) ------------------------------------------------------------------- ARLENE TROPICAL STORM JUN 11-18 50 1008 FRANKLIN/PASCH NNNN