WTNT34 KWNH 171457

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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 07 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE

NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL042009

1000 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

…RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN

ALABAMA AS CLAUDETTE MOVES INLAND…

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT

ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA…INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES

AND WARNINGS…PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 1000 AM CDT…1500 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION

CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7 NORTH…AND LONGITUDE

87.6 WEST…OR 85 MILES…140 KM…NORTH-NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA

FLORIDA AND 80 MILES…130 KM…WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY

ALABAMA.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE WILL WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES ITS

TRACK NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH ALABAMA. THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE IS

EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY

AND INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI BY MONDAY NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH…50 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1013 MB…29.92 INCHES.

SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 9 AM CDT

…FLORIDA…

CRESTVIEW 1.9 SE 4.49

PORT ST. JOE 0.6 SE 3.90

APALACHICOLA MUNI ARPT 3.69

MIRAMAR BEACH 9.5 ESE 2.67

TYNDALL AFB/PANAMA CITY 2.42

NICEVILLE 3.4 ESE 2.04

CALLAWAY 0.3 W 1.90

BAKER 8.2 NE 1.82

EGLIN AFB 5.6 NE 1.75

CLAUDETTE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AS IT

MOVES INLAND OVER ALABAMA. MAXIMUM RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR

INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE…WESTERN

ALABAMA…AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI…WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

…SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CDT INFORMATION…

LOCATION…31.7N 87.6W

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…30 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT…NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 12 MPH

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1013 MB

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE

HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER

TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.

GERHARDT