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#288941 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:34 AM 17.Aug.2009) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042009 700 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009 ...CLAUDETTE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...MOVING OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA... AT 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. 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 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES...25 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BREWTON ALABAMA AND ABOUT 85 MILES...135 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. 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 ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA TODAY AND INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND DOPPLER RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES FARTHER INLAND. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 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. HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD SUBSIDE TODAY. ...SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...31.3N 87.2W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED ON CLAUDETTE BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. FUTURE INFORMATION ON CLAUDETTE CAN BE FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT34 KWNH... BEGINNING AT 1000 AM CDT. $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN/ROBERTS |