[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 171152
HLSMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
652 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

...CLAUDETTE NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
FURTHER THIS MORNING...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO
PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR OUR AREA. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF INLAND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST...OR NEAR EVERGREEN
ALABAMA. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
CLAUDETTE IS NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
THIS MORNING AS IT MOVES OVER INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. EVEN WITH THE
STORM WEAKENING...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH THE
DAY OVER INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NONE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST CLAUDETTE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE.

ALZ056-059-060-FLZ001>006-GMZ655-675-171300-
/O.CAN.KMOB.HU.S.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
652 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

...CLAUDETTE NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND CONTINUING TO WEAKEN...
...HEAVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUES...

...NEW INFORMATION...
CLAUDETTE IS NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
THIS MORNING AS IT MOVES OVER INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. EVEN WITH THE
STORM WEAKENING...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH THE
DAY OVER INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
AS WEAKENING TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE CONTINUES INLAND...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS SIMILAR
AREAS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO GREENVILLE ALABAMA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THIS
PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS
FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

&&

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