STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 36 FOR THE REMAINS OF "ALLISON" NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 500 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2001 AT 4 AM EDT...THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF "ALLISON" WAS LOCATED NEAR 34.6N 77.8W...OR JUST NORTH OF WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THE SYSTEM HAS DECREASED ITS MOVEMENT TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST TO ABOUT 6 TO 7 MPH. A CONTINUED SLOW DRIFT TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. THE ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS REMAINED STEADY OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS AT 1007 MB. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR THE CENTER ARE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG THE COAST. EARLIER TONIGHT...DURING THE PASSAGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPE LOOKOUT, NORTH CAROLINA REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 61 MPH. THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG ITS PATH. YESTERDAY...JUST EAST OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA...A LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED AT LEAST 12 INCHES OF RAIN AFTER FINDING THEIR 12 INCH RAIN GAUGE HAD FILLED TO CAPACITY AND OVERFLOWED WITHIN A 14 HOUR PERIOD. DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING THAT MUCH OF THE CONVECTIVE RAINFALL BANDING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS NOW OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS...WITH SOME BANDING DRIFTING NORTHWARD OVER PAMLICO SOUND. MORE HEAVY CONVECTIVE BANDING IS FORECASTED TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW LATER TODAY...SPREADING A SWATH OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS...OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...THERE HAS ALSO BEEN THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. LAST NIGHT...QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN MOUNTAIN REST, SOUTH CAROLINA. QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED JUST WEST OF LANDRUM, SOUTH CAROLINA. IN ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED OUTSIDE OF TOWN...WHILE REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES THE SIZE OF TELEPHONE POLES WERE REPORTED IN TOWN. SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES DUE TO HIGH WINDS WERE RECEIVED FROM LOCATIONS SUCH AS...EDGEMORE, SOUTH CAROLINA...CARNESVILLE, GEORGIA...SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA...COLUMBUS, NORTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHWEST OF SPARTENBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA. WITH STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS FORECASTED...BEACH GOERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE DANGEROUS THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE CRYSTAL COAST AND OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. WHILE ALL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ACROSS THE CAROLINAS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN POSTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF THE COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA. WITH THE DECREASED THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAIN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. SELECTED 12 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS INCLUDE: SOUTH CAROLINA (THROUGH 2 AM EDT, IN INCHES) SHAW AIR FORCE BASE...................0.89 CLEMSON...............................0.76 CHARLESTON............................0.50 NORTH CAROLINA (THROUGH 2 AM EDT, IN INCHES) BEAUFORT..............................1.82 SOUTHERN PINES........................1.30 FAYETTEVILLE..........................0.96 CHERRY POINT..........................0.79 LUMBERTON.............................0.79 POPE AIR FORCE BASE...................0.75 JACKSONVILLE..........................0.71 THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM EDT. PEREIRA/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH