BULLETIN<br>
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A<br>
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL042009<br>
700 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009<br>
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...CLAUDETTE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...MOVING OVER SOUTHERN<br>
ALABAMA...<br>
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AT 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN <br>
DISCONTINUED.<br>
<br>
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED<br>
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE<br>
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE<br>
FORECAST OFFICE.<br>
<br>
AT 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION<br>
CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2<br>
WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES...25 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BREWTON ALABAMA<br>
AND ABOUT 85 MILES...135 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA.  <br>
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CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  A<br>
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. ON THIS<br>
TRACK...THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN<br>
ALABAMA TODAY AND INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.<br>
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SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND DOPPLER RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM<br>
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH<br>
HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY AS THE SYSTEM <br>
MOVES FARTHER INLAND. <br>
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THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.<br>
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RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM<br>
AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...<br>
THE BIG BEND REGION OF FLORIDA...AND SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL ALABAMA.<br>
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HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS ALONG THE COAST<br>
OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD SUBSIDE TODAY.<br>
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...SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT INFORMATION...<br>
LOCATION...31.3N 87.2W<br>
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH<br>
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH<br>
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB<br>
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THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED ON CLAUDETTE BY THE NATIONAL<br>
HURRICANE CENTER. FUTURE INFORMATION ON CLAUDETTE CAN BE FOUND IN<br>
PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION <br>
CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT34 KWNH...<br>
BEGINNING AT 1000 AM CDT.<br>
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