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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 08 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL042009
400 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2009

...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO ALABAMA AND
GEORGIA...

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS THE WESTERN
PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF 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 400 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE
88.6 WEST...OR 5 MILES...10 KM...SOUTH OF GOLDEN AND 80
MILES...100 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TUPELO.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE WILL WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES ITS
TRACK NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH MISSISSIPPI. THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY EVENING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 25 MPH...40 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1017 MB...30.04 INCHES.

SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 3 PM CDT

...FLORIDA...
MILLIGAN                             4.62
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
PANAMA CITY/BAY CO. ARPT             2.15
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 ONE TO THREE
INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA...NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN GEORGIA...AND WESTERN TENNESSEE...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

...SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...33.4N 88.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...25 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 22 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1017 MB

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.

RUBIN-OSTER/PEREIRA

FORECAST POSITIONS
INITIAL 17/2100Z 33.4N 88.6W
12HR VT 18/0600Z 35.0N 89.6W...DISSIPATED
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