Marine Tropical Storm — Coastal Waters From Okaloosa-walton County Line To Pensacola Fl Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

2021-06-19 · Coastal Waters From Okaloosa-walton County Line To Pensacola Fl Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico

Wider weather episode

Potential Tropical Cyclone Claudette moved west of the Alabama coastal waters on the evening of June 18th, 2021. Claudette was declared a Tropical Storm and made landfall in southeast Louisiana during the early morning hours of June 19th. Claudette then turned northeast across southeast Mississippi and across south central Alabama during the morning on Saturday June 19th.

The highest winds recorded were sustained winds of 45 mph with gusts to 70 mph in Santa Rosa Sound, 58 mph with gusts to 81 mph at Pensacola Airport, 42 mph with gusts to 52 mph at Okaloosa Island fishing pier. In Mobile Bay, 40 mph with gusts to 49 mph at Buccaneer Yacht Club.

Claudette produced a long track EF-2 tornado that impacted Escambia and Conecuh Counties in southwest Alabama.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 967283. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.