STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 45 FOR THE REMAINS OF "ALLISON" NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 1100 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001 AT 10 AM EST...THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF "ALLISON" WAS LOCATED NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...NEAR 37.0N 76.0W...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA. DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS SYSTEM WERE LIGHT...5 TO 10 MPH...ALTHOUGH SOME WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 25 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY OFFSHORE BUOYS EAST OF THE VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA COASTS. THE ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE SYSTEM IS 1007 MB...OR 29.74 INCHES OF MERCURY. DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS...THIS SYSTEM HAS DRIFTED SLOWLY NORTHWARD AT 3 MPH. CONTINUED MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TODAY...HELPING TO SPREAD THE HEAVY RAINS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE REMAINS OF "ALLISON" NORTHWARD. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL AID IN DRAWING THIS SYSTEM FARTHER NORTHWARD...AND PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL TRIGGER FOR HEAVY RAINS. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN TO THE WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW...AND THIS PATTERN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY. CURRENTLY...A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE OBSERVED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE SURFACE LOW...STRETCHING NORTHWARD UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE DELUGE FROM THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES...24-HOUR DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE 8 AM YESTERDAY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. MORE THAN 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN AT LEAST PART OF MARTIN...HALIFAX...BERTIE... AND HERTFORD COUNTIES. NEAR THE HERTFORD/BERTIE COUNTY LINE...AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED. THE HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE PLAGUED NORTH CAROLINA AS OF LATE WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD TODAY INTO VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND...WHERE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...PRODUCING AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND FLOOD STATEMENTS PRESENTLY COVER AN AREA EXTENDING FROM NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD THROUGH...NORTHERN AND PARTS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA...MOST OF MARYLAND...NORTHERN DELAWARE..THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. AT 857 AM EDT IN NORTH CAROLINA...WATER STILL COVERED HIGHWAY 125 FROM OAK CITY IN MARTIN COUNTY TO THE BERTIE COUNTY LINE. MANY SECONDARY ROADS REMAINED UNDER SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER IN MARTIN COUNTY AS WELL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS POSTED FOR GATES...HERTFORD...AND BERTIE COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 11:15 AM EDT...AS WELL AS ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. HALIFAX COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 AM EDT. FLOOD STATEMENTS STILL COVER AREAS PREVIOUSLY SOAKED BY THE REMAINS OF "ALLISON." PARTS OF EAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ARE REMAIN UNDER ADVISORIES. SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS INCLUDE: NORTH CAROLINA (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON....................2.97 ROANOKE RAPIDS........................2.46 ELIZABETH CITY........................0.63 WILMINGTON............................0.59 VIRGINIA (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) RICHMOND..............................0.73 LYNCHBURG.............................0.63 DULLES AIRPORT/HERNDON................0.58 THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 PM EDT. MCELROY/ FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH