Tropical Storm Alberto was the first tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the only tropical storm to make landfall in the U.S. during the 2006 hurricane season, and the only one to do so in the Atlantic Ocean so far this year. Alberto is the most powerful tropical storm in the history of the Atlantic basin, with winds of up to 80mph (130 km/h)
About Tropical Storm Alberto (2006) in brief
Tropical Storm Alberto was the first tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Formed on June 10 in the northwestern Caribbean, the storm moved preety slow to the northern atlantic. Alberto reached a maximum intensity of 70 mph before weakening and moving ashore in the Big d area of Florida on June 13. Alberto then moved through eastern Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia as a tropical depression before becoming extratropical on June 14. The remnants of Alberto produced strong winds and left four people missing in Atlantic Canada on June 16. After passing near Sable Island, Alberto crossed the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland on June 17. On June 19, Alberto merged with an approaching cold front near the British Isles and became a cold front again. The storm was indirectly responsible for two drownings off the coast of Tampa Bay, Florida, and one child drowned in a flooded storm drain near Raleigh. It also produced heavy rainfall, causing some minor damage across the Western Caribbean, while Alberto’s outer rainbands produced several tornadoes. It was the only tropical storm to make landfall in the U.S. during the 2006 hurricane season, and the only one to do so in the Atlantic Ocean so far this year. It is the only storm to have caused any significant damage in the United States so far in the 2006 season.
It has also been responsible for the deaths of two people in the Dominican Republic and one person in the Philippines, as well as a number of minor injuries in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Alberto is the most powerful tropical storm in the history of the Atlantic basin, with winds of up to 80mph (130 km/h) and sustained winds of 50mph (65 mph) as it made landfall in Taylor County, Florida. Alberto has been the most active tropical cyclone of the season so far, with sustained winds up to 75 mph (120 km/hr) and gusts of up 60 mph (100 km/H) in parts of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Alberto’s remnants are now in the open Atlantic Ocean, and are expected to dissipate by the end of the week or early next week. The remnant low is expected to weaken to a tropical storm or tropical depression by the time it re-intensifies in the early to mid-afternoon of June 15. It will then re-enter the open ocean as a remnant low-pressure system, and on June 20 it will become an extratopropical cyclone. The system will then move east-northeastward, and later to the east as it approaches the British coast of Canada.
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