Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season

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Below is a **timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season**, listing all the storm formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, as well as dissipation. The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was a season in which an El Niño event stopped much tropical cyclone activity, especially later in the season. The season officially began on June 1, 2006, and lasted until November 30. For convenience and clarity, in the timeline below, all landfalls are bolded. The timeline also includes information which was not operationally released, meaning that information from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as information on a storm that was not operationally warned on, have been included.

The graphical bar above gives a brief overview of storm activity during the season, and for convenience, the storm's maximum intensity is included as a color bar. Tropical Storm Zeta from 2005 persisted into 2006, therefore a January section has been included in the text timeline.

## Timeline of storms
### January
;January 1
:*0000 UTC - The year 2006 begins with **Tropical Storm Zeta** still active from the previous season, making Zeta only the second cross-season North Atlantic storm ever recorded.
;January 6
:*2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) - Tropical Storm Zeta weakens into a tropical depression.
:*5 p.m. AST (2100 UTC) - The National Hurricane Center issues its last advisory on dissipating Tropical Depression Zeta, finally ending the 2005 season.

### June
;June 1 	 
:*The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins.
;June 10
:*1 a.m. CDT (0600 UTC) - **Tropical Depression One** forms 120 nautical miles (140 miles, 220 km) south of the western tip of Cuba.
:*7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC June 11) - Tropical Depression One strengthens into **Tropical Storm Alberto**.
;June 13
:*12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 UTC) - **Tropical Storm Alberto makes landfall near Adams Beach, Florida, with 45 mph winds.**
:*1200 UTC - The tropical depression near Nantucket strengthens into a **tropical storm**, but is not operationally named.
:*1200 UTC - The unnamed tropical storm degenerates into a remnant low.

### August
;August 1
:*2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) - Tropical Depression Three strengthens into **Tropical Storm Chris**.
;August 22
:*8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC August 23) - Tropical Depression Four strengthens into **Tropical Storm Debby**.
;August 25
:*8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) - Tropical Depression Five strengthens into **Tropical Storm Ernesto**.
;September 5
:*2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) - Tropical Depression Six strengthens into **Tropical Storm Florence**.
;September 11
:*8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC) - Tropical Depression Seven strengthens into **Tropical Storm Gordon**.
:*8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC September 13) - Hurricane Florence becomes extratropical.
;September 20
:*8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC September 21) - Hurricane Gordon becomes extratropical.
;September 28
:*2 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) - Tropical Depression Nine strengthens into **Tropical Storm Isaac**.
;September 30
:*8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) - Tropical Storm Isaac strengthens into **Hurricane Isaac**.

### October
;October 2
:*8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) - Hurricane Isaac weakens to a tropical storm.
:*8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC October 3) - Tropical Storm Isaac becomes extratropical.

### November
:*There was no tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin in November.
; November 30
:*November 30 marked the official end of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season.

## Related pages
* 2006 Atlantic hurricane season
* List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

## References
## Other websites
* The NHC's Tropical Cyclone Reports for the 2006 season