1982 Florida subtropical storm
| Subtropical storm (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Subtropical Storm One traveling up the Eastern Seaboard on June 18
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| Formed | June 18, 1982 |
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| Dissipated | June 22, 1982 |
| (Extratropical after June 20, 1982) | |
| Highest winds |
1-minute sustained: 70 mph (110 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 984 mbar (hPa); 29.06 inHg |
| Fatalities | 3 direct |
| Damage | $10 million (1982 USD) |
| Areas affected | Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Atlantic Canada |
| Part of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season | |
The 1982 Florida subtropical storm, officially known as Subtropical Storm One, was the only subtropical cyclone of the inactive 1982 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm originated from two different systems around the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea on June 16. The systems merged into trough while a circulation began to form off the coast of Florida on June 18. The depression made landfall in Florida and strengthened into a storm over land. The storm entered the Atlantic Ocean and headed to the northeast, becoming extratropical on June 20 near Newfoundland. The storm was the only system of 1982 to affect the eastern half of the United States, and it caused three fatalities and caused $10 million in damage (1982 USD, $21 million 2007 USD).
The subtropical storm had an unusual origin by forming from an interaction of two different systems near the Yucatán Peninsula. This occurrence is unusual, but not unique, as Subtropical Storm One in the 1974 season formed in similar pattern. A reconnaissance flight on June 17 reported that there appeared to be multiple transient circulations at the surface, but no well-defined center. The first disturbance can be traced back to June 15 in the northwest Caribbean Sea. The disturbance moved north, along with a low-pressure area that formed over the Yucatán Peninsula. A trough merged with the low-pressure area creating an even stronger trough over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Conditions in the Gulf of Mexico were favorable for tropical storm formation. Some severe weather had been occurring over the Florida Peninsula as early as June 16, as the fringes of disturbance moved across the Florida Straits and over the Peninsula.
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