PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 33 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL052006 5 PM EDT FRI SEP 01 2006 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GRADUALLY LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC... FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN MARYLAND AND EASTERN VIRGINIA. COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MARYLAND. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY...PENNSYLVANIA...AND NEW YORK. HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY. WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...AND NEW JERSEY. AT 5 PM EDT...21Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.2 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 77.1 WEST OR 25 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA. ERNESTO HAS SLOWED ITS FORWARD MOTION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS AND IS NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. A GENERAL NORTHWARD MOTION AT THIS SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB OR 29.47 INCHES. SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 4 PM EDT ...FLORIDA... ROCK ISLAND 6.74 IMMOKALEE 5.96 MOORE HAVEN 4.74 KISSIMMEE 4.28 LEHIGH ACRES 4.16 LAKE WALES 3.85 OCHOPEE 3.78 ...SOUTH CAROLINA... MT PLEASANT 6.65 MYRTLE BEACH 6.20 MCCLELLANVILLE 5.84 DANIEL ISLAND 4.50 SURFSIDE BEACH 4.05 CONWAY MARINA 4.00 ...NORTH CAROLINA... GRIFTON 9.85 CAPE FEAR RIVER 9.71 WILMINGTON 9.58 KINSTON 9.57 SNOW HILL 8.40 NEW RIVER NCAS 8.06 WALLACE 8.00 TRANTERS CREEK 7.57 LONGWOOD 7.23 GREENVILLE 7.13 RICHLANDS 7.06 ...VIRGINIA... WITTS ORCHARD 6.64 BACK BAY 6.43 ORISKANY 6.19 CONCORD 5.89 SNOW CREEK 5.68 GRAYSON HIGHLAND 4.72 COPPER HILL 4.36 ROCKY MOUNT 4.29 NORFOLK INTL ARPT 4.20 ...WEST VIRGINIA... ELLISON RIDGE 3.20 RIPLEY 2.50 SPENCER 2.48 RACINE 2.43 TORNADO 2.12 ...MARYLAND... CAROLINE 1.68 RIVERDALE 1.12 RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTALS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...37.2 NORTH...77.1 WEST...MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AT 35 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. REFER TO YOUR LOCAL FORECAST OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM. TRIMARCO FORECAST POSITIONS INITIAL 01/2100Z 37.2N 77.1W 12HR VT 02/0600Z 38.6N 77.0W 24HR VT 02/1800Z 40.5N 77.8W 36HR VT 03/0600Z 42.6N 78.4W 48HR VT 03/1800Z 44.7N 77.6W