This was a photograph of the radar screen from the Weather Bureau WSR-57 radar at Pensacola at 21:15z or 4:15 p.m. CDT on Sunday, August 17, 1969. Here is the teletype radar information message from the operator at NPA at … Continue reading →

THIS IS HISTORICAL INFORMATION…SCROLL DOWN FOR THE LATEST CURRENT INFORMATION… As it became more evident that Camille was not going to make the anticipated northerly turn on Sunday morning, August 17, 1969, forecasters hastily extended warnings westward to New Orleans … Continue reading →

271 WTNT34 KNHC 170545 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042009 100 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009 …CLAUDETTE MAKES LANDFALL NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA… A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS … Continue reading →

Tropical Storm Claudette is moving inland near Destin at this hour. COASTAL REPORTS… DESTIN…NE 21 G 36…HEAVY RAIN…29.86FR VALPARAISO…NE 18 G 30…LIGHT RAIN HURLBURT FIELD…NNE 14 G 25…LIGHT SHOWERS FLORALA…CLOUDY…E 10 G 18 PANAMA CITY…SSE 9 G 21…HEAVY RAIN Alabama … Continue reading →

THIS IS HISTORICAL WEATHER INFORMATION FROM 1969. SCROLL UP FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON ANA AND BILL. On August 16, 1969, National Hurricane Center Director Robert Simpson needed information. He knew that he had a hurricane captive in the southeastern Gulf … Continue reading →

Radar indicates a line of showers and some storms with heavy rain from Clay and Randolph Counties through Coosa, Tallapoosa, Coosa, Elmore, Chilton, Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes and Wilcox Counties. Additions heavy rain showers were over Southeast Alabama from north of … Continue reading →

FAST FACTS AS OF 4 PM CDT LOCATION…29.5N 85.6W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT…NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 14 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1008 MB The center of Claudette became exposed this afternoon, but deep convection is developing around the … Continue reading →

The NWS in Tallahassee has received a report of a drowning in the surf off Panama City Beach this afternoon. The water along the coast of Northwest Florida is very rough and will be until tomorrow along the beaches. Stay … Continue reading →

THIS IS HISTORICAL INFORMATION…PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR CURRENT TROPICAL INFORMATION. By this time, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center knew that they had an incredible hurricane on their hands. It was the second most powerful storm of record behind the … Continue reading →

Most of our attention this afternoon is trained on Tropical Storm Claudette, which is making its move toward the Central Gulf Coast. But we have two other named storms in progress in the Atlantic. Here is the latest. ANA DOWNGRADED … Continue reading →