Hurricane Bill Weather Update

Hurricane Bill Weather Update

Atropical storm that lost steam after blowing ashore Monday dumped rain on Florida and Alabama, while the first hurricane of this year’s Atlantic season picked up strength over open waters on a path toward Bermuda.

Hurricane Bill was expected to become a major hurricane in the next couple of days, with winds topping 110 mph. Hours after becoming a hurricane Monday, Bill’s top wind speed jumped to 90 mph.

Along the Florida Panhandle, a man in his mid-20s died after being pulled from surf as Claudette approached Sunday. In Bay County, authorities searched for another man whose boat ran aground Sunday night, though they believe he eventually made it ashore. Neither man’s identity was released.

Hurricane Bill Weather Update

Hurricane Bill Weather Update

The weakening storm wasn’t expected to cause significant flooding or wind damage as it moved farther inland. The first named storm to hit the U.S. mainland this year was downgraded to a tropical depression with winds of 30 mph hours after it made landfall near Fort Walton Beach.

Parts of the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama were expected to receive rainfall of 2 to 4 inches, and Claudette was headed across Alabama

toward northeastern Mississippi.

OBX Surf Forecast 8.18.09

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Posted on: Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 at 8:28 pm with 1 Comment.