Tropical Storm in Alabama, June 10 to 11, 2005

Name: Tropical Storm in Alabama, June 10 to 11, 2005
Start: 2005-06-10T03:00
End: 2005-06-11T18:00
Location: Alabama

June 10 to 11, 2005 · NWS MOB · 11 events in 11 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.5 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.

Tropical Storm Arlene moved across the area during the afternoon and evening of June 11. The area was put under a Tropical Storm Watch at 300 AM CST on June 10, then a Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch at 900 AM CST on June 10. The area was then put under a Hurricane Warning at 900 PM CST on June 10. The Hurricane Warning was dropped to a Tropical Storm Warning at 300 PM CST on June 11. All Tropical Warnings were dropped at 600 PM CST on June 11 as the remains of Arlene moved inland across Southwest Alabama.Arlene made landfall near Perdido Key around 130 PM CST Saturday afternoon. Arlene tracked north northwest across Southwest Alabama along a similar track that Ivan had taken a few months earlier.Some of the winds recorded across Southwest Alabama and Northwest Florida were as follows: Pensacola Regional Airport, sustained wind of 33 knots with gusts to 44 knots. Pensacola Naval Air Station, sustained wind of 29 knots with gusts to 39 knots. Destin airport, sustained winds of 30 knots with gusts to 39 knots. Eglin Air Force Base in Valpariaso , sustained wind of 30 knots with gusts to 43 knots. Hurlburt Air Force Base in Mary Esther, sustained wind of 30 knots with gusts to 40 knots. Whiting Field Naval Air Station in Milton, sustained wind of 33 knots with gusts to 47 knots. Evergreen Airport, sustained wind of 30 knots with gusts to 36 knots. Dauphin Island, sustained wind of 34 knots with a gust to 47 knots. One of the highest wind speeds was at the Navarre Fire Station with a gust of 52 knots being recorded.The lowest sea level pressures were recorded at WEAR-TV in Pensacola with 988.8 MB, Pensacola Naval Air Station 991.5 MB and at Pensacola Regional Airport with 991.9 MB.The highest 24 hour rainfall totals ending at midnight on June 11 across the area were Mobile Regional Airport with 4.52 inches, 2 miles south of Mobile Regional Airport, 5.81 inches, Alberta, AL with 4.60 inches, Pace, FL with 4.42 inches and Gulf Breeze, FL with 3.56 inches.The highest storm tides were at Pensacola Coast Guard Station with 3.9 feet, Perdido Pass with 3.7 feet and Destin with 3.3 feet.Minor beach erosion occurred from Dauphin Island in Alabama to Destin in Florida. Storm tide flooding occurred in several places on Santa Rosa Island. The high water breaches occurred at Fort Pickens in several spots and between Pensacola and Navarre Beaches.Since Arlene followed along a similar track as Ivan took only nine months earlier, trees that had been damaged by Ivan were blown down as Arlene moved inland. Trees and power lines were blown down along the track of Arlene with most of the damage near the center of the storm. Except for some trees falling onto homes, very little structural damage was reported. Only one tornado was reported and that did minor damage around Navarre. The only flooding reported was around Mobile Regional Airport where almost 3.5 inches of rain fell in a short period of time. This caused temporary street flooding around communities near the airport.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 2:30 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:30 AM CST, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
330 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE TO MOVE THROUGH THE YUCUTAN
CHANNEL AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF SHORTLY. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
ACROSS SOUTHERN STATES TO BE SHOVED OUT OF THE WAY AS ARLENE
APPROACHES. CURRENT FORECAST HAS ARLENE MAKING LANDFALL JUST WEST OF
MOBILE SATURDAY EVENING.

&&

.SHORT TERM...FORECAST WILL...AS USUAL..BE BASED ON FORECAST TRACK
OF ARLENE. RADAR IS ALREADY SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...THESE ARE ON THE OUTER
FRINGES OF ARLENE. PRECIPITATION COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL BE ON
THE INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD BY SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF AS
ARLENE MOVES AWAY. THE HPC QPF GRIDS WERE USED WITH SOME MINOR
CHANGES...MAINLY HAVE HIGHER AMOUNTS FOR SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM
WATCH WILL BE STARTED WITH THIS PACKAGE FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES...
THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AND WILL ALSO HAVE
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR ALL THE INLAND COUNTIES.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY WILL SEE A CONTINUATION OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS ARLENE MOVES NORTHWARD. BY MID WEEK...THE AREA WILL
BE BACK TO A MORE NORMAL PATTERN...WARM AND MUGGY WITH SCATTERED
MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.MARINE...FIRST PART OF FORECAST FOR TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE
DOMINATED BY THE PASSAGE OF TS ARLENE. WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN
COASTAL WATERS TO REACH TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AROUND DAWN SATURDAY
MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WATCH WILL BE OUT WITH THIS PACKAGE.  SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST...HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES
RE-ESTABLISHED...WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE FLOW. DONT SEE MUCH IN THE
WAY OF EXTENDED SOUTHERLY FLOW...SO EXPECT SEAS TO DIMINISH QUICKLY
ALSO. THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH WILL BE INCORPERATED INTO THE TROPICAL
STORM LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BETWEEN 5 AND 6 AM.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...WILL BE WINDY ON SATURDAY...BUT WET.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      85  71  81  73 /  80  80  90  70
PENSACOLA   84  73  82  74 /  80  80  90  70
DESTIN      84  75  81  76 /  80  80  90  70
EVERGREEN   83  70  81  72 /  70  70  90  80
WAYNESBORO  86  70  81  72 /  60  60  80  70
CAMDEN      84  69  81  72 /  70  70  80  80

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALZ061>064-GMZ630-650-670
     FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING ALZ051>064.
     INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALZ051>060.
FL...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FLZ001>006-GMZ655-675
     FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING FLZ001>006
MS...TROPICAL STORM WATCH MSZ067-075-076-078-079
     FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING MSZ067-075-076-078-079

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 10:35 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1135 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101130-
BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH-
COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE-
GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE-
WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX-
1135 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

TONIGHT WILL BE DOMINATED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH WILL BE INCREASING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS ARLENE
APPROACHES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE IN STORMS. HOWEVER...THE THREAT
FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW THROUGH TONIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM ARLENE CONTINUES MOVING NORTH FROM THE WESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTH INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL GULF LATER TONIGHT. ON THE CURRENT
FORECAST TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE...WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD
BEGIN TO DETERIORATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH COASTAL FLOODING AND
HEAVY RAINS LIKELY. WIND WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH FRIDAY TO JUST
BELOW GALE FORCE. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IN THE AREA SATURDAY...COASTAL FLOOD
AND HEAVY RAINS WOULD CONTINUE SATURDAY...POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO
SUNDAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM ARLENE...REFER
TO THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.  WIND
WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY TO ABOVE GALE FORCE APPROACHING
STORM FORCE. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH THROUGH SATURDAY AS
TROPICAL STORM ARLENE APPROACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL LIKELY BE
REQUIRED OVER THE WEEKEND.

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Event by event

11 tropical storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Tropical Storm, Lower Baldwin

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lower Baldwin forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Tropical Storm, Upper Baldwin

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Upper Baldwin forecast zone
Property damage: $1.5 million
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Tropical Storm, Choctaw

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Choctaw forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.020, -88.263 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Clarke

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Clarke forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.677, -87.831 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Washington

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.408, -88.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Escambia

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Escambia forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.126, -87.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Conecuh

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Conecuh forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.429, -86.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Monroe

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.571, -87.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Wilcox

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Wilcox forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.989, -87.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Lower Mobile

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lower Mobile forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Tropical Storm, Upper Mobile

When: June 10, 3:00 AM CST to June 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Upper Mobile forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

What these are

Tropical Storm: A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph).

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, June 2005 The 2005 hurricane season

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5457336, 5457337, 5457338, 5457339, 5457340, 5457341, 5457342, 5457343, 5457426, 5457427, 5457428.