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BULLETIN

TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER 6

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042009

400 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

…CLAUDETTE WEAKENS AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND…

AT 400 AM CDT…0900 UTC…THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN

DISCONTINUED EAST OF INDIAN PASS FLORIDA AND WEST OF DESTIN

FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN

EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED

LATER THIS MORNING.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED

STATES…INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS…PLEASE

MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

FORECAST OFFICE.

AT 400 AM CDT…0900 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE

WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH…LONGITUDE 87.0 WEST OR ABOUT

15 MILES…25 KM…SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BREWTON ALABAMA AND ABOUT 40

MILES…65 KM…NORTHWEST OF FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.

CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH…19 KM/HR. A

TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. ON THIS

TRACK…THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA THIS

MORNING…AND THEN INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH…65 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OVER LAND…AND

CLAUDETTE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER THIS

MORNING.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES…150

KM…MAINLY OVER WATER TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB…29.71 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES…WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM

AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE…

THE BIG BEND REGION OF FLORIDA…AND SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL ALABAMA.

STORM TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG PORTIONS OF THE

FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE BIG BEND REGION OF FLORIDA ARE EXPECTED

TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS MORNING.

…SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT INFORMATION…

LOCATION…30.9N 87.0W

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…40 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT…NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1006 MB

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER AT 700 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000

AM CDT.

$$

FORECASTER BROWN

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