000 WTNT31 KWNH 240845 TCPAT1 PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 35 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL062008 400 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...HEAVY
Sunday, August 24th 2008, 8:48 am
By: News 9
000 WTNT31 KWNH 240845 TCPAT1
PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 35 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL062008 400 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008
...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING COULD CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA...AND NORTHERN FLORIDA. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN LOUISIANA.
AT 400 AM CDT...09Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.2 WEST...OR ABOUT 55 MILES..88 KM...NORTH OF MOBILE AL.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. A GENERAL WESTWARD MOTION WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY...BUT FAY COULD BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ON MONDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...FAY WILL BE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND WILL BE LOCATED OVER EASTERN LOUISIANA ON MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH..48 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. VERY GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
STORM SURGE FLOODING IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY.
SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 100 AM CDT
MELBOURNE BEACH 25.03 COCOA BEACH 24.38 CAPE CANAVERAL 22.83 DELTONA 22.69 SATELLITE BEACH 22.40 ORANGE CITY 19.81 SANFORD 14.97 PALM BAY 14.89 FORT PIERCE 11.58 JACKSONVILLE 11.57 VERO BEACH 11.34 CROSS CITY 9.86 TALLAHASSEE 9.49 DAYTONA BEACH 8.61 WEST PALM BEACH 7.32 ORLANDO 7.26 FORT MYERS 6.85 MARATHON 6.80 MIAMI 6.19 KEY WEST 3.35 PANAMA CITY 1.39 TAMPA .72 PENSACOLA .45
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...EASTERN LOUISIANA...AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS....WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER GEORGIA AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN FLORIDA.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI.
REPEATING THE 400 AM CDT POSITION...31.6 N...88.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.
HEDGE
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