![]() ![]() However, strong wind shear diminished a significant amount of convection while the system crossed the Bahamas on June 28. Little deep convection developed until June 26, when the wave was situated in just north of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. ![]() The wave moved westward for several days, with an associated area of low clouds. Radiosonde data from Dakar, Senegal, indicated that a tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa on June 18. Meteorological history Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scaleĮxtratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression Alberto was responsible for $1.03 billion in damages (1994 USD) and 32 deaths. Throughout Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, approximately 18,000 businesses and homes suffered damage or destruction. ![]() Flooding resulted in the closure of approximately 1,000 bridges, while about 471,000 acres (191,000 ha) of croplands were inundated in Georgia alone. Up to 27.85 in (707 mm) of rain fell near Americus. Georgia experienced the worst effects from the storm. Floodwaters entered hundreds of homes each in Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, and Houston counties. The storm generated heavy precipitation over much of southeastern Alabama. Damage in Florida totaled about $80 million. Additionally, freshwater flooding forced about 3,000 people to flee their homes. Striking the Florida Panhandle as a strong tropical storm, the cyclone caused some erosion and wind damage. In its early and precursor stages, Alberto produced about 10 in (250 mm) of precipitation on Cuba's Isla de la Juventud. Thereafter, a high pressure system caused Alberto to drift over west-central Georgia and central Alabama, until the storm dissipated over Alabama on July 7. The system quickly weakened to a tropical depression early on July 4. A few hours later, the cyclone made landfall near Destin, Florida, at the same intensity. Alberto strengthened steadily over the Gulf of Mexico, and by midday on July 3, it peaked as a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). Early on the following day, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Alberto. Initially a tropical depression, the system moved westward, before curving northwestward on July 1 and entering the Gulf of Mexico. The first tropical cyclone and named storm of the annual hurricane season, Alberto developed from a tropical wave over the northwestern Caribbean Sea on June 30. Tropical Storm Alberto produced extensive flooding over portions of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida in July 1994. Part of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Alberto at peak intensity making landfall in western Florida on July 3 ![]()
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