WTNT34 KNHC 170545

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BULLETIN

TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042009

100 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

…CLAUDETTE MAKES LANDFALL NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA…

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA

BORDER EASTWARD TO THE AUCILLA RIVER FLORIDA.

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 100 AM CDT…0600 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE

WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH…LONGITUDE 86.6 WEST OR JUST

INLAND NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.

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

AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. ON

THIS TRACK…THE CENTER WILL CROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE

FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING…AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN

ALABAMA LATER TODAY.

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

GUSTS. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OVER LAND…AND

CLAUDETTE WILL PROBABLY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES…110 KM

FROM THE CENTER. AN OBSERVING SITE IN DESTIN FLORIDA RECENTLY

REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH…72 KM/HR.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB…29.71 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 AND

THE BIG BEND REGION OF FLORIDA.

…SUMMARY OF 100 AM CDT INFORMATION…

LOCATION…30.5N 86.6W

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT…NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 12 MPH

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1006 MB

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT

400 AM CDT.

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FORECASTER BROWN