PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 23 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE NOW MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST...

FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH MAINE...AS FAR WEST AS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
AND NEW YORK AND AS FAR EAST AS THE ATLANTIC COAST...EXCLUDING
CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. 

AT 5 PM EDT...21Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.0 NORTH LONGITUDE 74.1 WEST OR ABOUT 75
MILES EAST OF WALLOPS ISLAND...VIRGINIA. BONNIE HAS BEEN MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 25 MPH OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 23 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB OR 29.8 INCHES.
 
SELECTED 30 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 2 PM EDT:
 
LOCATION                       

FLORIDA...

PENSACOLA                     1.58
EGLIN AFB/VALPARAIS           1.15
TALLAHASSEE                   0.89
PANAMA CITY                   0.71

GEORGIA...

AUGUSTA                       2.08
MACON                         1.63
ATHENS                        1.37
SAVANNAH                      1.19

SOUTH CAROLINA...

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH            4.26
GREENVILLE                    2.15
CHARLESTON                    1.26
ANDERSON COUNTY AIRPORT       1.21

NORTH CAROLINA...

CHERRY POINT                  2.97
JACKSONVILLE                  2.39
CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS             2.38
SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AFB           1.67
HATTERAS                      1.00

VIRGINIA...

OCEANA NAS/SOUCEK             0.69
WALLOPS ISLAND                0.53

MARYLAND...

OCEAN CITY                    0.36

BONNIE CONTINUES ON A NORTHEASTERLY COURSE BUT HAS SLOWED DOWN TO
ABOUT 25 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER LONG
ISLAND AND THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW ENGLAND...AND MAY ACCUMULATE
IN A RELATIVELY BRIEF PERIOD AS BONNIE MOVES THROUGH. 

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...21Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR 38.0 LATITUDE NORTH 74.1
LONGITUDE WEST...MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 25 MPH
...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB OR 29.80 INCHES. THE NEXT
ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 PM
EDT. REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR
FURTHER LOCAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM.
 
BELL/HALBACH/ORAVEC