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Tropical Storm Claudette Intermediate Advisory Number 15A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL032021
800 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
 
...CLAUDETTE NEARING THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...36.4N 76.3W
ABOUT 15 MI...25 KM W OF DUCK NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM S OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 28 MPH...45 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
 
The Tropical Storm Warning for eastern North Carolina has been 
discontinued.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
 
There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 800 AM EDT (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Claudette was 
located near latitude 36.4 North, longitude 76.3 West. Claudette is 
moving toward the east-northeast near 28 mph (45 km/h).  An 
east-northeastward to northeastward motion with some increase in 
forward speed is expected over the next couple of days. On the 
forecast track, the system will cross into the western Atlantic 
Ocean later this morning, and pass just south of Nova Scotia on 
Tuesday.
 
Maximum sustained winds remain near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher 
gusts.  These winds are occurring mostly over water,southeast of 
Claudette's center.  Some additional slight strengthening is 
possible over the western Atlantic Ocean today.  Claudette is 
forecast to become a post-tropical cyclone Tuesday afternoon and 
dissipate late Tuesday night.
 
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km)
from the center in the southeastern quadrant.
 
The estimated minimum central pressure based on surface
observations is 1007 mb (29.74 inches).
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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Key messages for Claudette can be found in the Tropical Cyclone
Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT3, WMO header WTNT43 KNHC,
and on the web at
www.hurricanes.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?key_messages.
 
RAINFALL:  An additional 1 to 2 inches of rain is expected across
far eastern North Carolina over the next few hours. Isolated flash,
urban, and small stream flooding impacts are possible.
 
For the latest rainfall reports and wind gusts associated with
Claudette, see the companion storm summary at WBCSCCNS3 with the
WMO header ACUS43 KWBC or at the following link:
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc3.html

 
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next complete advisory at 1100 AM EDT.
 
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Forecaster Stewart
 
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