000 WTUS82 KTAE 171204 HLSTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 804 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2009 ...CLAUDETTE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA... .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA AS WELL AS THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND COASTAL AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND UNTIL 11 AM EDT (10 AM CDT) MONDAY MORNING. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 8 AM EDT...OR 7 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BREWTON ALABAMA. THIS IS ABOUT 120 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FL. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 35 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE IS CONTINUING TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA. EVEN THOUGH THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE IS MOVING INLAND AND WEAKENING...SEVERAL RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE NORTHEAST GULF AS WELL AS AREAS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PAY ATTENTION FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES AND STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE MAKING ANY DEFINITE PLANS. RESIDENTS HEADED TO THE BEACHES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES INTO TUESDAY. HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL BEACH PATROL AND REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF IF ORDERED. && .NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE. FLZ008-012-014-171315- /O.CAN.KTAE.TR.W.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF- 704 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PAY ATTENTION FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES AND STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE MAKING ANY DEFINITE PLANS. RESIDENTS HEADED TO THE BEACHES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES INTO TUESDAY. HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL BEACH PATROL AND REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF IF ORDERED. && ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED...WINDS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM TIDES ARE RUNNING AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST. TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO NORMAL BY TONIGHT. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. MINOR FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE AS REMAINING BANDS WELL TO THE SOUTH OF THE CLAUDETTE MOVE TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL BE IN COASTAL AREAS NEAR THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS. $$ GMZ750-770-171315- /O.CAN.KTAE.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 804 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT BETWEEN DESTIN AND INDIAN PASS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. THIS WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT OR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. && ...WINDS... WINDS UP TO TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...HOWEVER GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING NEAR SOME OF THE STRONGER RAIN BANDS. ...TORNADOES... A WATERSPOUT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE MARINE AREA THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA SOUTH OF MEXICO BEACH WESTWARD. $$ GODSEY