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Tropical Storm Claudette

Aug 16, 2009 to Aug 17, 2009Peak 58 mph1005 mb

Tropical Storm Claudette passed within 50 miles of 13 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Jefferson County, FL, as a tropical storm on August 16, 2009.

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Tropical Storm Claudette · 2009

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Claudette on August 16, 2009, about 13 hours before landfall in Okaloosa County, FL.

Tropical Storm Claudette on August 16, 2009, about 13 hours before landfall in Okaloosa County, FL.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, with the gaps between its orbits filled from Aqua, on its late-morning pass, around 16:11 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
58 mph, 50 kt
Lowest pressure
1005 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
13
AL, FL
Counties within 100 miles
29
AL, FL, GA
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Jefferson County, FL, 91.5 mi, Aug 16, 2009
Landfalls recorded
1
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Santa Rosa CountyFL0.0Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Okaloosa CountyFL0.0Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Walton CountyFL3.6Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Gulf CountyFL14.3Tropical stormAug 16, 2009
Bay CountyFL15.1Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Covington CountyAL16.5Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Franklin CountyFL20.9Tropical stormAug 16, 2009
Washington CountyFL21.3Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Holmes CountyFL34.8Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Calhoun CountyFL37.0Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Geneva CountyAL40.3Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Liberty CountyFL41.2Tropical stormAug 16, 2009
Coffee CountyAL48.6Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Jackson CountyFL53.0Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Wakulla CountyFL65.0Tropical stormAug 16, 2009
Dale CountyAL67.6Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Houston CountyAL71.4Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Leon CountyFL72.0Tropical stormAug 16, 2009
Gadsden CountyFL74.6Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Seminole CountyGA84.2Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Decatur CountyGA84.2Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Barbour CountyAL87.1Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Henry CountyAL89.9Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Jefferson CountyFL91.5Tropical stormAug 16, 2009
Levy CountyFL92.3Tropical stormAug 16, 2009
Early CountyGA94.9Tropical stormAug 17, 2009
Taylor CountyFL95.3Tropical stormAug 16, 2009
Dixie CountyFL96.4Tropical stormAug 16, 2009
Miller CountyGA99.2Tropical stormAug 17, 2009

Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.