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| #288857 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:49 PM 16.Aug.2009) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042009 1000 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009 ...CLAUDETTE TO MAKE LANDFALL VERY SOON... AT 10 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING EAST OF THE AUCILLA RIVER FLORIDA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER EASTWARD TO THE AUCILLA RIVER FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. 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 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES... 40 KM...WEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA AND ABOUT 70 MILES ...110 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA. CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL CROSS THE COASTLINE OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE IN A FEW HOURS AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA LATER ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 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...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. THE STORM TIDE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MAXIMUM WATER LEVELS OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE BIG BEND REGION OF FLORIDA. ...SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...30.2N 86.1W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 12 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 100 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 400 AM CDT. $$ FORECASTER PASCH |
