PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 5 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
11 AM EDT SAT JULY 26 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN GRADUALLY WEAKENING ACROSS INTERIOR
GEORGIA...

CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES COVER MOST OF
EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.  

AT 11 AM CDT...15Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN WAS LOCATED AT
32.7 LATITUDE NORTH... LONGITUDE 82.4 WEST...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH
OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS AND IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS SPEED
WHILE GRADUALLY TURNING MORE TOWARDS THE NORTH WITH TIME. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH.  THE
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 30.18 INCHES...1022 MB.

SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES 
VALID 12Z (8 AM EDT) JULY 26

LOCATION                     STORM TOTAL
========                     ===========
CHARLESTON SC                 1.61
ORANGEBURG SC                 1.63                 

RADAR ESTIMATES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA SITES INDICATE ISOLATED
LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

EXPECT 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM TROPICAL
DEPRESSION SEVEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EAST GEORGIA.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT...15Z POSITION...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
SEVEN WAS CENTERED AT 32.7 LATITUDE NORTH...82.4 LONGITUDE
WEST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 30.18 INCHES OR 1022 MB. 

REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM.

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER SEVEN WILL BE
ISSUED AT 5 PM EDT.

FORECASTER BELL/PETERSEN