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TO: All Hospital Emergency Management Contacts FROM: John Wilgis, Vice President of Member and Corporate Services SUBJECT: Tropical Storm Fred Update DATE: August 16, 2021 New information in red. Tropical Storm Fred Location: 29.2N 85.7W Maximum Sustained Winds: 60 miles per hour Present Movement: North at 10 miles per hour Minimum Central Pressure: 993 millibars (29.32 Inches) Watches and Warnings A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for coast of the Florida Panhandle from Indian Pass to Yankeetown. A Storm Surge Warning means there is a danger of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, during the next 36 hours in the indicated locations. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the coast of the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend from Navarre to the Steinhatchee River. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected some-where within the warning area, in this case within the next 24 hours. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for coast of the Florida Panhandle from the Alabama/Florida border to Navarre. A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, in this case within the next 36 hours. Interests along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Alabama to the central Florida Panhandle should monitor the progress of the remnants of Fred. A Tropical Storm Warning will likely be required for portions of the Tropical Storm Watch area later this morning. Discussion At 11:00 a.m., ET, the center of Tropical Storm Fred was located near latitude 29.2 north, longitude 85.7 west. Fred is moving toward the north near 10 miles per hour and this general motion is expected through tonight. On the forecast track, the center of Fred should make landfall in the eastern Florida Panhandle this afternoon or early this evening and move over western Georgia on Tuesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 60 miles per hour with higher gusts. Some strengthening is possible before landfall. After landfall, Fred is expected to quickly weaken. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center. A National Ocean Service observation site at Apalachicola, Florida, recently reported a wind gust of 37 mph. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration buoy 42039, located about 130 miles south-southeast of Pensacola, Florida, recently reported a sustained wind of 56 miles per hour. The estimated minimum central pressure based on data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter Aircraft is 993 millibars (29.32 inches). More information is available from the National Hurricane Center. Please monitor conditions from your local weather service for potential impacts to your community. [[UNSUBSCRIBELINK]] from all FHA e-communications. 306 East College Avenue | Tallahassee, FL 32301 | Website
Watches and Warnings
A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for coast of the Florida Panhandle from Indian Pass to Yankeetown.
More information is available from the National Hurricane Center. Please monitor conditions from your local weather service for potential impacts to your community.
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