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| #288790 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:34 PM 16.Aug.2009) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042009 500 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 ...CLAUDETTE APPROACHING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER EASTWARD TO THE SUWANNEE 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. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.6 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES... 60 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 120 MILES...190 KM...SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA. CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AND ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL MOVE ONSHORE IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING PRIOR TO LANDFALL. A MARINE TOWER...STATION SGOF1...LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA RECENTLY REPORTED A 10-MINUTE SUSTAINED WIND OF 51 MPH...82 KM/HR. 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. STORM TIDE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MAXIMUM WATER LEVELS OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... INCLUDING THE BIG BEND. ...SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...29.5N 85.6W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 14 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN/ROBERTS |
