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NHC AL042009 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Claudette (2009)

August 16, 2009 – August 17, 2009

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Claudette peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 77 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Claudette in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Claudette from August 16, 2009 to August 17, 2009; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 17 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 4 miles from Destin, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 77 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (49). The strongest pass was 56 mph (tropical storm) 72 miles from Panacea, FL; the centre came closest to Eglin Afb, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
77
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Claudette passed near, strongest first

Florida (49)

Alabama (28)

Other storms of the 2009 season

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.