Claudette is about 95 miles (150 km) west of Montgomery Alabama, with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour (55 km/h), the NHC added.
A Gulf Coast tropical storm warning has been discontinued, NHC said https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/192032.shtml?, noting that heavy rains and gusty winds will continue across portions of the U.S. Southeast.
Claudette is expected to weaken a little more on Saturday night and become a tropical storm again when it moves across the Carolinas Sunday night or early Monday, NHC added.
