STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 49 FOR THE REMAINS OF "ALLISON" NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 1100 AM EDT SUN JUN 17 2001 THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF "ALLISON" WAS LOCATED NEAR 39.3N 74.0W...JUST EAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY. DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...WINDS HAVE BEEN STRENGTHENING NEAR THE CENTER...AT 1000 AM...ATLANTIC CITY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 29 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 39 MPH. NEAR THE CENTER...AND 25 TO 30 MPH JUST OFFSHORE. THE ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE SYSTEM REMAINS 1004 MB...29.64 INCHES OF MERCURY. THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF THIS SYSTEM IS CLEARLY VISIBLE ON RADAR. VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING TO THE NORTH OF ALLISON'S REMNANTS. THE LOW IS INTERACTING WITH AND BEGINNING TO MERGE WITH A COLD FRONT IMMEDIATELY TO ITS WEST...WHICH IS HELPING TO AUGMENT AND FOCUS THE ASSOCIATED RAINS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. THIS SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE ACCELERATING ON ANIMATED RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY. DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS...THE CENTER OF THIS SYSTEM HAS MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AT 13 MPH. IF THIS TREND IN THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES...THE SURFACE LOW SHOULD CROSS LONG ISLAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 24-HOUR DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES PLACE THE MOST RAINFALL IN A BAND RUNNING FROM THE DELMARVA PENINSULA INTO SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WHERE 2 OR MORE INCHES FELL. HOWEVER...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN VERY HARD HIT...WITH MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF ESTIMATED RAINFALL OCCURRING. IN FACT...AN EXAMINATION OF SURFACE OBSERVATION DATA FROM WILLOW GROVE NAVAL AIR STATION SHOWS THAT AT LEAST 8.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THERE FROM 800 AM SATURDAY MORNING TO 1100 PM SATURDAY EVENING. THE REMNANTS OF "ALLISON" WILL CONTINUE SPREADING VERY HEAVY RAINS NORTHWARD...LOCALES FROM NEW JERSEY NORTHWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND CAN EXPECT RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...WITH ISOLATED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 INCHES OR MORE. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES EXTEND FROM EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE NORTHWARD THROUGH NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS...AND VERMONT. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MONMOUTH COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 12:15 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR BERGEN...ESSEX...PASSAIC...AND UNION COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...AS WELL AS ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK....UNTIL 1:30 PM EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 3:30 PM. SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS INCLUDE: NORTH CAROLINA (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON....................1.92 VIRGINIA (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) NORFOLK...............................4.27 NEWPORT NEWS..........................2.10 NATIONAL AIRPORT/CRYSTAL CITY.........1.64 LURAY.................................1.23 MARYLAND (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) DAMASCUS..............................1.38 PENNSYLVANIA (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) DYLESTOWN-NESHAMINY CREEK.............9.18 WILLOW GROVE NAVAL AIR STATION........8.47 THROUGH 10 PM DOYLESTOWN............................4.57 PHILADELPHIA..........................3.05 PHILADELPHIA NE.......................2.75 DELAWARE (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) WILMINGTON............................2.77 DOVER.................................3.94 GEORGETOWN............................2.58 NEW JERSEY (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) CALDWELL/ESSEX COUNTY AP..............5.10 WILDWOOD..............................3.14 NEW YORK (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) BINGHAMTON............................3.57 SLIDE MT..............................3.24 CONNECTICUT (THROUGH 8 AM EDT, IN INCHES) DANBURY...............................3.92 THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 PM EDT. MCELROY/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH