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| #288912 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:58 AM 17.Aug.2009) TCPAT4 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 |
