STORM SUMMARY 22 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION DANNY NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...WASHINGTON DC 100 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 1997 AT 11PM EDT MONDAY EVENING...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION DANNY CONTINUED TO WEAKEN OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA.. WITH THE LOWEST SURFACE PRESSURE NEAR 1011 MB. SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS THE STORM DRIFTS SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO HAVE A WELL-DEFINED MID- LEVEL CIRCULATION. MEANWHILE.. HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR OVERNIGHT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR CHOCTAW.. TUSCALOOSA.. GREENE.. AND HALE COUNTIES OF ALABAMA INTO THE MORNING. SOME PARTS OF GREENE AND HALE COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING.. WITH SOME LOCATIONS SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA HAVING RECEIVED NEARLY 10 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THE LAST SUMMARY.. ESTIMATED 4 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS ALONE. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AND MANY SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA ALONG THE TRACK OF THE STORM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGHOUT THIS AREA WHILE SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE OVER 10 INCHES. THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 1 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.DYE/WEATHER FORECAST BRANCH