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WTNT34 KNHC 162333

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BULLETIN

TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042009

800 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009

…CLAUDETTE APPROACHING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH NO CHANGE IN

STRENGTH…

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…INCLUDING POSSIBLE

INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS…PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY

YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

AT 800 PM EDT…0000 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE

WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH…LONGITUDE 85.9 WEST OR ABOUT

55 MILES…85 KM…WEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT

95 MILES…155 KM…SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH…19 KM/HR.

THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. ON

THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL MOVE ONSHORE IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY

MONDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH…85 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE 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…

INCLUDING THE BIG BEND.

…SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT INFORMATION…

LOCATION…29.7N 85.9W

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT…NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 12 MPH

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1008 MB

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL

HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT.

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FORECASTER PASCH