HPC Storm Summary #26 for T.D. Danny




STORM SUMMARY 26 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION DANNY
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...WASHINGTON DC
100 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997

AT 12 MIDNIGHT EDT THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION "DANNY" WAS LOCATED WEST OF
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.  PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM
CONTINUE TO BE VERY HEAVY RAINS... FLASH FLOODING... AND SEVERE
WEATHER.

BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 P.M WEDNESDAY A RECORD 6.14 INCHES OF RAIN
WAS MEASURED AT CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 1990.   THREE DEATHS ARE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO FLOODING IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA.  FLOODING WAS A
PROBLEM FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA CLOSE TO THE
REMNANTS OF "DANNY" ... ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AREA
WHICH RECEIVED 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN... AND IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF
VIRGINIA WHERE TERRAIN LIKELY PLAYED A PART.  TORNADOES WERE
REPORTED  NEAR GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.. HOPKINS.. AND COLUMBIA,
SOUTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON.  ELSEWHERE.. WIND DAMAGE INCLUDED
TREES DOWN AND TRAILERS BLOWN OFF FOUNDATIONS NEAR ANDERSON,
SOUTH CAROLINA... WHERE ONE PERSON WAS INJURED.  THIS EVENING SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA TO EAST TENNESSEE
AND EASTWARD THROUGH THE CAROLINAS.

THE REMAINS OF "DANNY" ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST NORTHEAST OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND TO PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES ARE  EXPECTED OVER COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA... EAST OF THE
TRACK.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA NEAR A LINE OF SEVERE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH "DANNY"
AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH AND
NORTH CAROLINA

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 1PM EDT THURSDAY.

DYE/WEATHER FORECAST BRANCH