Florida, 2005

Tropical Storm in Florida, June 10 to 11, 2005

June 10 to 11, 2005 · NWS TAE · 18 events in 18 counties and zones

Tropical Storm Arlene came ashore just west of Pensacola, FL Friday afternoon. Maximum sustained winds reached 40 mph at Buoy 42039 located 80 miles south of Panama City, FL, with a peak gust of 52 mph late Thursday evening.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 17 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$150,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
18

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 TAE wrote it up.

Tropical Storm Arlene came ashore just west of Pensacola, FL Friday afternoon. Maximum sustained winds reached 40 mph at Buoy 42039 located 80 miles south of Panama City, FL, with a peak gust of 52 mph late Thursday evening. The lowest sea-level pressure recorded was 997.7 mb at Buoy 42039. Storm total rainfall ranged from two to four inches throughout much of the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend. Storm surge heights associated with Arlene ranged from five feet along the Walton County coast to three to four feet along the Wakulla County coast. Moderate beach erosion occurred from Walton to Franklin County. Storm surges and moderate to heavy wave action, which accounted for 80 percent of the damage, marred walkways in Bay County, washed out much of Alligator Point Road in Franklin County, and pushed seaweed ashore in Wakulla County. Downed trees on power lines caused an estimated 500 customers to lose power in Walton, Washington, and Bay counties.

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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 1:55 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:55 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
255 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE APPROACHING...

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE IS MOVING NORTH AT 13 MPH
OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR DETAILS. ARLENE CONTINUES TO INTERACT
WITH A TROUGH AND A LOT OF DRY AIR ALOFT, WHICH IS
KEEPING MOST OF THE DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
THIS ASSYMETRY SHOULD CONTINUE AS THE STORM MAKES LANDFALL
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

.SHORT TERM...
WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE NHC TRACK FORECAST, WHICH WILL BRING
THE CENTER INLAND AROUND THE MOBILE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING. HOWEVER, MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL
BE NORTHEAST AND EAST OF THE CENTER SO PORTIONS OF OUR COASTAL
COUNTIES COULD EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS, OR
EVEN HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IF ARLENE STRENGTHENED ENOUGH AND MADE
LANDFALL FARTHER EAST THAN EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CWA, WITH A
FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN MCS ASSOCIATED WITH
ARLENE SHOULD MAKE IT INTO OUR REGION LATER TONIGHT.

.LONG TERM...
I FOLLOWED THE GFS AND MEX MOS CLOSELY, WITH NEAR-AVERAGE POPS AND
TEMPERATURES.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE ALREADY CLIMBED TO ADVISORY LEVELS, AND WILL
CONTINUE TO CLIMB AS ARLENE APPROACHES. THEY WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
LATE SATURDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO CEILINGS AND RAIN.
ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE HEAVIER STORMS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE  73  82  76  87 / 100  80  50  50
PANAMA CITY  73  83  75  85 /  90  80  50  50
DOTHAN       70  82  73  87 /  90  80  60  50
ALBANY       70  81  73  90 /  80  80  60  50
VALDOSTA     70  82  73  88 /  90  80  50  50
CROSS CITY   73  85  74  87 /  90  80  50  50

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
FL...HURRICANE WATCH PANHANDLE EASTWARD TO PANAMA CITY.
     TROPICAL STORM WARNING PANHANDLE/BIG BEND EASTWARD TO ST MARKS.
     FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

FOURNIER

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Event by event

18 tropical storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Tropical Storm, Bay

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Bay forecast zone
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.238, -85.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Calhoun

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Calhoun forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.406, -85.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Coastal Walton

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Coastal Walton forecast zone
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.619, -86.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Dixie

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Dixie forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.581, -83.187 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Franklin

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Franklin forecast zone
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.812, -84.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Gadsden

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Gadsden forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.580, -84.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Gulf

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Gulf forecast zone
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.909, -85.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Holmes

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Holmes forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.868, -85.814 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Inland Walton

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Inland Walton forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.619, -86.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Jackson

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Jackson forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.795, -85.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Jefferson

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.424, -83.900 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Lafayette

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Lafayette forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.986, -83.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Leon

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Leon forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.458, -84.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Liberty

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Liberty forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Tropical Storm, Madison

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Madison forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.444, -83.470 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Taylor

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Taylor forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.020, -83.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Wakulla

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Wakulla forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.148, -84.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tropical Storm, Washington

When
June 10, 6:00 PM EST to June 11, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.611, -85.665 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5454867, 5454868, 5454869, 5454870, 5454871, 5454872, 5454873, 5454874, 5454875, 5454876, 5454877, 5454878, 5454879, 5454880, 5454970, 5454971, 5454972, 5454973.