Tropical Storm Arlene - June 11, 2005

Tropical Storm Arlene - June 11, 2005

On June 8, 2005, Arlene formed as a tropical depression near the coast of Honduras. Arlene quickly strengthened to a tropical storm Arlene continued to intensify as it moved north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Arlene weakened as it made landfall near Perdido Key, FL around 130pm on June 11, 2005. As Arlene tracked inland across southern Alabama, it took a path eerily similar to Hurricane Ivan just a nine months prior.

Since Arlene followed a very similar track as Ivan, trees that had been severely damaged by Ivan were completely blown down as Arlene moved inland. One of the highest wind speeds during Arlene was at the Navarre Fire Station with a recorded wind gust of 52 knots. Trees and power lines were blown down along the track of Arlene with most of the wind damage near the center of the storm. Very little structural damage was reported, except for some trees falling onto houses. Only 1 tornado was reported with minor damage around the Navarre, FL area.

Minor beach erosion occurred from Dauphin Island, AL to Destin, FL due to storm surge. The highest storm tides (storm surge + tide) were at Pensacola Coast Guard Station with 3.9 feet, Perdido Pass with 3.7 feet and Destin with 3.3 feet. Coastal flooding occurred in several places along the Santa Rosa Island. High water breaches occurred at Fort Pickens in several spots and between the beaches in Pensacola and Navarre, FL. Fort Pickens alone suffered about $2.5 million in damage from Arlene (2005 standard).

Arlene produced 5+ inches of rain across the area as it moved north across the NWS Mobile county warning area. The track and rainfall graphic can be viewed below (via NOAA WPC). The only flooding reported was around Mobile Regional Airport where 3.5 inches of rain fell in a very short period of time. This rainfall caused street flooding around communities near the airport in the western part of the Mobile metro area. The highest 24 hour rainfall totals were Mobile Regional Airport with 4.52 inches, West Mobile with 5.81 inches, Alberta, AL with 4.60 inches and Pace, FL with 4.42 inches.

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Post-Tropical Cyclone Report

POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
400 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

A. HIGHEST WINDS...
ALL WIND DATA OCCURRED ON JUNE 11 2005...

ASOS STATIONS ONLY ENTERED IF GUST 33 KNOTS OR HIGHER...
 PENSACOLA AIRPORT (PNS)...
  SUSTAINED WINDS 33 KNOTS FROM 110 DEGREES AT 1913 UTC
  PEAK GUST 44 KNOTS FROM 110 DEGREES AT 1912 UTC

 DESTIN (DTS)...
  SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KNOTS FROM 130 DEGREES AT 1801 UTC
  PEAK GUST 39 KNOTS FROM 140 DEGREES AT 1844 UTC

 EVERGREEN AIRPORT (GZH)...
  SUSTAINED WINDS 26 KNOTS FROM 130 DEGREES AT 2314 UTC
  PEAK GUST 36 KNOTS FROM 130 DEGREES AT 2323 UTC

MILITARY SITES...
 HURLBURT AIR FORCE BASE (HRT)...
  SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KNOTS FROM 150 DEGREES AT 1955 UTC
  PEAK GUST 40 KNOTS FROM 140 DEGREES AT 1915 UTC

 EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE (VPS)...
  SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KNOTS FROM 140 DEGREES AT 1855 UTC
  PEAK GUST 43 KNOTS FROM 160 DEGREES AT 1947 UTC

 PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION (NPA)...
  SUSTAINED WINDS 29 KNOTS FROM 080 DEGREES AT 1656 UTC
  PEAK GUST 39 KNOTS FROM 080 DEGREES AT 1656 UTC

 WHITING FIELD NAVAL AIR STATION (NSE)...
  SUSTAINED WINDS 33 KNOTS FROM 120 DEGREES AT 1955 UTC
  PEAK GUST 47 KNOTS FROM 120 DEGREES AT 1951 UTC

BUOY DATA...
 DAUPHIN ISLAND (DPIA1)...
  SUSTAINED WINDS 34 KNOTS FROM 360 DEGREES AT 1505 UTC
  PEAK GUST 39 KNOTS FROM 360 DEGREES AT 1405 UTC

AWS STATIONS ONLY ENTERED IF GUST 33 KNOTS OR HIGHER...
 FORT WALTON BEACH...
  PEAK GUST 38 KNOTS FROM 100 DEGREES AT 1709 UTC

 DAUPHIN ISLAND USCG...
  PEAK GUST 35 KNOTS FROM 040 DEGREES AT 1416 UTC

 SANTA ROSA BEACH...
  PEAK GUST 33 KNOTS FROM 090 DEGREES AT 1623 UTC

 SHALIMAR...
  PEAK GUST 36 KNOTS FROM 110 DEGREES AT 1824 UTC

 NAVARRE FIRE STATION...
  PEAK GUST 52 KNOTS FROM 140 DEGREES AT 1910 UTC

 CRESTVIEW...
  PEAK GUST 36 KNOTS FROM 160 DEGREES AT 2029 UTC

B. LOWEST PRESSURE...
ALL OCCURRED ON JUNE 11 2005...

 MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT (MOB) - 999.3 MB AT 2130 UTC
 BROOKLEY FIELD (BFM - 998.3 MB AT 2036 UTC
 PENSACOLA AIRPORT (PNS) - 991.9 MB AT 1927 UTC
 DESTIN AIRPORT (DTS) - 1000.0 MB AT 1854 UTC
 EVERGREEN AIRPORT (GZH) - 997.6 MB AT 2231 UTC
 HURLBURT AFB (HRT) - 999.0 MB AT 1910 UTC
 PENSACOLA NAS (NPA) - 991.5 MB AT 1856 UTC
 WHITING FIELD NAS (NSE) - 994.9 MB AT 1955 UTC
 DAUPHIN ISLAND (DPIA1) - 998.0 MB AT 1905 UTC
 AWS SITE IN GULF BREEZE FL - 994.2 MB AT 1850 UTC
 AWS SITE AT WEAR-TV IN PENSACOLA - 988.8 MB AT 1924 UTC
 AWS SITE IN BAY MINETTE AL - 995.3 MB AT 2115 UTC
 AWS SITE IN ATMORE AL - 994.6 MB AT 2025 UTC

C. RAINFALL...
RAINFALL TOTALS ARE 24 HOUR TOTALS ENDING AT 1159 PM JUNE 11
2005...

ASOS SITES...
 MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT (MOB) 4.52 INCHES (6 HOUR TOTAL 3.49
  INCHES ENDING AT 2259 UTC)
 
 WHITING FIELD NAS (NSE) 3.29 INCHES

OTHER FLORIDA SITES...
AWS SITES...
 GULF BREEZE 3.56 INCHES
 PENSACOLA (WEAR TV) 3.38 INCHES
 PACE 4.42 INCHES

RIVER SITES...
 ESCAMBIA RIVER NEAR MOLINO 3.02

OTHER ALABAMA SITES...
AWS SITES...
 ATMORE 3.25 INCHES

NWS COOP SITES...
 ALBERTA 4.60 INCHES
 ATMORE 3.40 INCHES
 BAY MINETTE 3.10 INCHES
 BREWTON 3.65 INCHES
 DAUPHIN ISLAND 3.73 INCHES
 EVERGREEN 3.06 INCHES
 JACKSON 3.17 INCHES
 ROBERTSDALE 3.53 INCHES
 THOMASVILLE 3.55 INCHES
 WALLACE 3.80 INCHES
 WHATLEY 3.30 INCHES
 MOBILE NWS OFFICE 5.06 INCHES

RIVER SITES...
 MILLERS FERRY DAM 4.18 INCHES
 MAGNOLIA RIVER, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS 3.09 INCHES

OTHER SITES...
 EAST FOWL RIVER 3.80 INCHES
 2 SOUTH MOB 5.81 INCHES
 SEMMES 3.82 INCHES
 3 SOUTH SILVERHILL 3.22 INCHES

D. STORM TIDES...
HIGHEST TIDES OCCURRED ON JUNE 11 2005 UNLESS OTHERWISE
SPECIFIED. TIDES ARE GIVEN IN MSL...

 PERDIDO PASS 3.69 AT 1730 UTC
 PENSACOLA USCG 3.90 AT 1900 UTC
 MOBILE STATE DOCKS 3.03 AT 2345 UTC
 SANTA ROSA SOUND 2.69 AT 2200 UTC
 DESTIN 3.33 AT 1830 UTC
 CEDAR POINT 2.82 AT 0145 UTC ON JUNE 12
 BAYOU LA BATRE 3.10 AT 2000 UTC
 DAUPHIN ISLAND 2.71 AT 1800 UTC
 MOBILE (MIDDLE BAY) 2.89 AT 2245 UTC

E. BEACH EROSION...

MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION OCCURRED.

F. FLOODING...

SOME STORM TIDE FLOODING OCCURRED ON SANTA ROSA SOUND WHERE THE
ISLAND WAS BREACHED IN A COUPLE OF LOW SPOTS. MINOR FLASH
FLOODING OCCURRED IN MOBILE COUNTY.

G. TORNADOES...

ONE POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR NAVARRE. F0 WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

H. STORM EFFECTS...

PRELIMINARY DATA INDICATES THAT THE EFFECTS OF ARLENE ON THE
AREA WERE MINOR.

BEELER

Additional Information

NHC Advisory Archive

WPC Archive

NHC Tropical Cyclone Report - Tropical Storm Arlene

 

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Acknowledgements: Page created by Morgan Barry (forecaster). 

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