tropical storm tropical storm named storm atlantic hurricane season tropical cyclone affect united_states forming tropical wave upper level low pressure system august quickly intensified tropical storm offshore south florida afternoon storm attained winds mph steadily tracked florida panhandle early august center landfall hours landfall storm weakened tropical depression took primary responsibility storm later august final public advisory issued system dissipated alabama national_hurricane_center issued tropical storm warnings coastline residents counties advised evacuate storm surge prone areas fatality resulted rough seas coast florida later day man drowned falling ship near tornado spawned storm florida damaged homes leaving usd damages additional damages coastal property beaches amounted usd result meteorological history tropical originated tropical wave moved west coast africa august august national_hurricane_center nhc began monitoring wave located roughly east lesser antilles disorganized shower thunderstorm activity associated westward moving wave nhc development system afternoon august little convective activity remained wave strong upper level wind shear created unfavorable environment system organize tracked eastern caribbean_sea august convection began consolidate center system passed early august system rapidly organized low level circulation developing roughly southwest tampa florida favorable environmental conditions led nhc anticipating system develop tropical depression later day hours later advisory issued tropical depression low wind shear provided environment promoted quick development cyclone storm forecast attain tropical storm status hours depression tracked northwest periphery subtropical ridge east nhc upgraded depression tropical storm gave light information weather radar florida found winds mph center circulation afternoon august brief increase wind shear trough southeastern united_states caused center exposed despite attained peak winds mph time utc august storm landfall near eastern end winds mph shortly barometric pressure decreased mbar hpa inhg lowest pressure recorded associated storm hours landfall convection associated storm quickly decreased nhc issued final advisory weakened tropical depression time began issuing advisories system issued final advisory late august remnants began dissipate alabama remnants persisted hours indistinguishable mississippi august preparations classified tropical depression national_hurricane_center issued tropical storm warning areas alabama florida border mouth residents areas urged quickly prepare storm ensuring hurricane kit fully stocked ready east center western florida residents warned possible heavy rainfall cause flooding storm surge near storm forecast landfall expected reach residents areas prone storm surge urged evacuate arrival storm shortly national_weather_service mobile alabama issued tropical storm wind warning areas florida mississippi flood watch issued florida panhandle rainfall anticipated exceed inland tropical storm warning issued southeastern alabama afternoon august officials issued mandatory evacuation order residents joseph peninsula state park cape san florida shelters opened dean high school learning center voluntary evacuation orders given residents living low lying areas coastline plans place open shelters raised activation level stage placed stage voluntary evacuation orders issued afternoon briefing officials declared state emergency based available information storm opened shelter local church impact florida evening august upwards rain fallen parts daily record rain fell august surpassing previous record set exception tree falling route damage caused dissipation storm maximum rain fell big key tornado reported near multiple tornado warnings issued florida association rain bands storm homes damaged tornado damages homes tornado amounted roughly florida governor briefly toured damage tornado tornado later rated enhanced scale winds mph national_weather_service stated tornado ground drowning reported florida early evening officials closed segment highway fallen tree power line total residences lost power highway reopened power homes restored power outages reported near parker downtown roughly residences left power residents lost power storm residents power restored hours continuing wind damage scattered power outages affecting homes time occurred county county roughly sustained flood losses second fatality occurred man knocked ship near coast managed reach rescue fell life lost search later called presumed dead coastline waves produced resulted loss sand coastal areas franklin gulf counties estimated worth sand lost counties maximum storm surge recorded storm landfall people killed state damages amounted making landfall flash flood watches issued parts southern alabama threat heavy rainfall state produced widespread moderate rainfall peaking bradley areas received hour span prompting national_weather_service issue flash flood warnings flash flood watches issued perry counties remnants created moist atmosphere parts alabama resulting days afternoon thunderstorms thunderstorms produced gusty winds recorded mph lightning struck apartment building sparking fire leading evacuation units building damage fire estimated georgia outer bands storm maximum fort
Tropical Storm Claudette (2009)