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STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 16 FOR REMNANTS OF T.D. CHARLEY
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
700 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1998
A WEAK MIDDLE LEVEL SYSTEM SITUATED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO SOUTH OF
THE TEXAS BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON IS WHAT IS LEFT OF "CHARLEY". THERE
IS NO LONGER ANY DEFINABLE SURFACE CENTER. THIS WEAK MIDDLE LEVEL
FEATURE HAS DRIFTED SLOWLY WESTWARD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS,
AND WILL DRIFT SOUTH AND WEST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS IT
CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.
ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO POP UP. THE AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT WERE LESS THAN WHAT
OCCURRED ON MONDAY NIGHT AND MUCH LESS THAN WHAT HAPPENED
SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN 4 INCHES,
THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN ON TOP OF THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS THAT OCCURRED
PREVIOUSLY WERE ENOUGH TO KEEP MANY OF THE MAJOR RIVERS AND
STREAMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE IN FLOOD. AT THIS TIME,
HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
THE SYSTEM STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME HEAVY RAINS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NEAR THE TEXAS BIG BEND. HOWEVER, THE WEAKENING
TREND SUGGESTS ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY AMOUNTS WILL BE ISOLATED,
COVERING LESS AREA THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. BECAUSE OF THIS CONTINUED
THREAT OF ADDITIONAL RAIN, A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS
EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED FOR THIS SYSTEM... UNLESS
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
DANAHER/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH