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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 58 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD
 5 AM EDT TUE SEP 08 2004


...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES TRACKING INTO THE APPALACHIANS...
SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT DEVELOPING...

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS
AND  VIRGINIA. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NEW
YORK...OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA... WEST
VIRGINIA...KENTUCKY...MARYLAND...
VIRGINIA...TENNESSEE... AND NORTH CAROLINA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT
FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH BOX FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA... CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA...AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA VALID THRU 11Z.

AT 5 AM EDT...09Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.4 NORTH LONGITUDE 84.3 WEST OR 50
MILES TO THE NORTH OF ATLANTA GEORGIA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE 15 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
IS 999 MB OR 29.50 INCHES.  FRANCES IS FORECAST TO MOVE  NORTHWARD
AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH.

SELECTED 30 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 2 AM EDT:

LOCATION                                STORM TOTAL

NORTH CAROLINA...

CONNESTE FALL            11.22
RICH MOUNTAIN            11.15
HIGHLANDS                10.40
CLEAR CREEK               9.63
SALEM                     8.63
CATALOOCHEE               7.72
SEVEN DEVILS              7.60
HENDERSONVILLE            6.96
ASHEVILLE                 3.71

SOUTH CAROLINA...

WALHALLA                  9.47
SENECA                    6.58
BEREA                     5.87
WADE HAMPTON              4.12
STARR                     2.40

TENNESSEE...

GATLINBURG                4.24
LAKE CITY                 1.29
CHATTANOOGA               1.41

GEORGIA...

MACON                     5.18
PEACHTREE CITY            4.17
AUGUSTA                   3.98
ATHENS                    3.66
ATLANTA                   3.18
ALBANY                    2.75

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4-7 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...09Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.4 NORTH LONGITUDE 84.3 WEST
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB OR 29.50 INCHES.

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES WILL BE ISSUED
BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. REFER
TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM.

SZATANEK
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