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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE LOCAL STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

825 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009

…TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL

ALABAMA FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY…

.AREAS AFFECTED…

THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN SELECT LOCATIONS WITHIN CENTRAL

ALABAMA.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS…

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS… DALLAS…LOWNDES…MONTGOMERY AND PIKE COUNTIES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PART OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

.STORM INFORMATION…

AT 7 PM CDT…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH…LONGITUDE 85.9 WEST…OR ABOUT

55 MILES WEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. THIS IS ABOUT 270 MILES

SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BIRMINGHAM AL…OR ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTH OF

MONTGOMERY AL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 12

MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW…

TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE

TONIGHT AND WILL HAVE A VERY SMALL HIGH WIND CORE. TROPICAL STORM

FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING AS

THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES NORTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME WEAK TREES TO FALL AND POWER LINES MAY

BE AFFECTED. HEAVY RAIN BANDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES

ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED

WEAK TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH AND EAST OUTER

BANDS WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS…BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE

TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE

EVENTS. TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH

WIND. TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE COMPRISED OF HURRICANES…TROPICAL

STORMS…AND TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS. HURRICANES HAVE WINDS OF 74

MPH OR HIGHER…WHICH EQUATES TO 64 KNOTS OR HIGHER. TROPICAL

STORMS HAVE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH…WHICH EQUATES TO 34 TO 63

KNOTS. TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS HAVE WINDS OF LESS THAN 39 MPH OR 33

KNOTS. HEAVY RAIN AND TORNADOES OFTEN ACCOMPANY TROPICAL CYCLONES.

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.NEXT UPDATE…

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AROUND 12 AM CDT…OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS

WARRANT.

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825 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009

…TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO

10 AM CDT MONDAY…

..NEW INFORMATION…

CLAUDETTE APPROACHING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH NO CHANGE IN

STRENGTH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH…AS WELL AS WIND AND LAKE WIND

ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED.

…PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE

EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING TROPICAL STORM. WINDS OF THIS

MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES…FALLEN

TREES…MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE…AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS

FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE

ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. MAKE SURE TO SECURE LOOSE

OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND.

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…INLAND FLOODING…