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Tropical Depression FRANCES Advisory Number 61
 
Issued 03:00Z Sep 09, 2004
 
Advisory Selection
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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 61 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 
11 PM EDT WED SEP 08 2004        


...REMNANTS OF FRANCES ARE TRACKING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO
THE NORTHEAST...POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE
APPALACHIANS...THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY...AND THE NORTHEAST ...

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY...
OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA...VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...AND
NORTH CAROLINA.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE APPALACHIANS...PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...AND THE NORTHEAST INCLUDING...NEW
JERSEY...NEW YORK...PENNSYLVANIA...NORTH CAROLINIA...
VIRGINIA...WEST VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...KENTUCKY...OHIO...
VERMONT...AND CONNECTICUT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED
A TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...SOUTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA VALID THROUGH 4Z.  

AT 11 PM EDT...03Z...THE SURFACE LOW FOR THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.3 NORTH LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR 175
MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON DC. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 15 MPH
WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR
29.56 INCHES.  FRANCES HAS STARTED TO ACCELERATE... MOVING  TO THE
NORTHWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. 

SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 10 PM EDT:
 
LOCATION               STORM TOTAL    

NORTH CAROLINA...

EDGEMONT                8.05
SALEM                   7.32
BAKERSVILLE             5.36
CONNESTE FALL           5.34
LAKE TOXAWAY            5.24

OHIO...

WEST POINT              7.57
ROSEVILLE               6.32
CHANDLERSVILLE          6.07
NEW ATHENS              4.88
UNION                   4.67
ADAMSVILLE              4.36
JEWETT                  3.92

KENTUCKY...

FAGAN                   4.84
CANNONSBURG             4.44
WILDWOOD LAKE           4.08
OLIVE HILL              3.76
MOREHEAD                3.40
WILLIAMSBURG            2.86

TENNESSEE...

GATLINBURG		1.96
MOUNTAIN CITY		1.88

WEST VIRGINIA...

WEST HAMLIN		3.96
PAINTSVILLE		3.24
MITCHELL HEIGHTS	2.60
SAND RIDGE		2.36
LAKE FLOYD		2.32

VIRGINIA...

NICHOLLS KNOB		7.83
COPPER HILL		5.87
TODD LAKE 		5.71
FERRUM			5.66
WARM SPRINGS MTN	5.53
STOKESVILLE		5.00
CLIFTON FORGE		4.65
CRAIGSVILLE		4.37
COVINGTON		3.58


ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3-5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD OVER THE
UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS INTO PORTIONS OF NEW
YORK STATE.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...03Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.3 NORTH LONGITUDE 80.7
WEST.MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 29.56 INCHES. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES WILL BE ISSUED
BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 5 AM EDT. REFER
TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM.
 
SZATANEK