Tracking TS Claudette: Tornado watches issued in Alabama
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Claudette continues to move inland with its center now located over southwestern Alabama. Surface observations indicate that the system has weakened to a tropical depression. The cyclone is still producing gusty winds and bands of heavy rain across portions of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle.
On the forecast track, the system should move farther inland across portions of the Southeast through Sunday night, and over the western Atlantic Ocean on Monday.
As of 4 p.m., Claudette had winds near 35 mph with higher gusts and is forecast to move farther inland across portions of the Southeast through Sunday night. The National Hurricane Center said as the system continues to lift northeast through the weekend, heavy rain will occur across central Alabama, resulting in rainfall totals of three to six inches with isolated maximum amounts of eight inches.
A few tornadoes are possible today and tonight across southeast Alabama. A Tornado Watch is in effect until 7 p.m. for the following Alabama counties: Barbour; Bullock; Coffee; Dale; Geneva; Henry; Houston; Lee; Lowndes; Macon; Montgomery; Pike; Russell.
A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through Sunday evening for the following central Alabama counties: Autauga; Bibb; Calhoun; Chambers; Chilton; Clay; Cleburne; Coosa; Dallas; Elmore; Greene; Hale; Jefferson; Lee; Lowndes; Macon; Marengo; Montgomery; Perry; Randolph; Russell; Shelby; St. Clair; Sumter; Talladega; Tallapoosa; and Tuscaloosa.