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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE LOCAL STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1046 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009

…TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CANCELLED…

.AREAS AFFECTED…

THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN SELECT LOCATIONS WITHIN

CENTRAL ALABAMA.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS…

AT THIS TIME…THERE ARE NO TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS

IN EFFECT FOR OUR AREA. UNLESS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO

THE CURRENT FORECAST…WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT EXPECTED. A

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

.STORM INFORMATION…

AT 10 PM CDT…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH…LONGITUDE 86.1 WEST…OR ABOUT

25 MILES WEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. THIS IS ABOUT 230 MILES

SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM AL…OR ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY

AL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 10 MPH. STORM

INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW…

CLAUDETTE HAS TAKEN A WESTWARD JOG AND WILL KEEP THE MAIN WIND

IMPACTS SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER…GUSTY WINDS MAY

CAUSE SOME WEAK TREES TO FALL AND POWER LINES MAY BE AFFECTED.

HEAVY RAIN BANDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE

AREA. ISOLATED LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED WEAK

TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH AND EAST OUTER BANDS WELL

AHEAD OF THE STORM.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WHILE THE TROPICAL WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED…DO NOT LET YOUR

GUARD DOWN…AS STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE RAIN

BANDS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE AREA. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH

THESE RAIN BANDS WILL BE GUSTY ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

REFER TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WATCH AND

ADVISORY PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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.NEXT UPDATE…

AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT…THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL

STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM

REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA.

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1046 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009

…TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED…

..NEW INFORMATION…

TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE CONTINUES TO SUSTAIN WINDS AROUND 50 MPH

AS IT MOVES NORTHWEST. LANDFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WESTERN

PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA WITHIN A FEW HOURS AND THEN

MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED ONCE THE

CENTER MOVES INLAND.

…PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WHILE THE TROPICAL WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED…DO NOT LET YOUR

GUARD DOWN…AS STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE RAIN

BANDS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE AREA. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH

THESE RAIN BANDS WILL BE GUSTY ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

REFER TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WATCH AND

ADVISORY PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

&&

…INLAND FLOODING…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…

AUTAUGA…BARBOUR…BULLOCK…CHILTON…DALLAS…ELMORE…

LOWNDES…MACON…MONTGOMERY…AND PIKE.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS

OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES…OR EAST OF WHERE THE STORM CENTER

PASSES.

SEE THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE

FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION…AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING

RAINS OCCUR.

…TORNADOES…

ALTHOUGH A WIDESPREAD TORNADO OUTBREAK IS NOT EXPECTED WITH

CLAUDETTE…ISOLATED…WEAK TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ON

THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE STORM TRACK.

…WINDS…

AS TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE MOVES ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL ALABAMA…WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH.

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