PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 44 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION ISIDORE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 10 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ISIDORE CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LA PARISHES UNTIL MIDNIGHT: LIVINGSTON...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMAN....AND TANGIPAHOA . FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE BOGUE FALAYA...TCHEFUNCTE...AND ABITA RIVERS WHERE MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT: CHRISTIAN...TODD...CALLOWAY...TRIGG. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SPENCER AND WARRICK COUNTIES IN INDIANA UNTIL 1145 CDT. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT: MURDER CREEK IN AL...BILOXI RIVER NEAR LYMAN...JOURDAN RIVER NEAR KILN...WOLF RIVER NEAR GULFPORT...AND THE TCHOUTACABOUFFA RIVER NEAR D'IBERVILLE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT IN NORTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...IN WESTERN TENNESSEE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY...EASTERN TENNESSEE UNTIL 1200 PM FRIDAY...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MOST OF THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PA ARE UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. CENTRAL PA IS UNDER A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WESTERN PA...EXTREME WESTERN MD...EASTERN OHIO AND SEVERAL COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA ARE UNDER A FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM FRIDAY. THE ADIRONDACK AND ST. LAWRENCE REGIONS OF NEW YORK ARE UNDER A FLOOD WATCH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN EASTERN NY...WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NY...WESTERN NY... AND NORTHEASTERN PA. AT 10 PM CDT...03Z...THE CENTER OF ISIDORE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.8N... LONGITUDE 88.8W...OR 32 MILES NORTH OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI. THE LOW CENTER HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 23 MPH OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. ISIDORE IS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE AND TAKE A A MORE NORTHEASTERLY TRACK OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 17 KNOTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB. SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS (THROUGH 7PM CDT) AND STORM TOTALS IN INCHES: LOCATION 24 HR AMOUNT STORM TOTAL ========= ======== =========== N.O. AUDOBON...LA 6.39 11.78 N.O. INT'L AIRPORT 5.63 11.51 JACKSON, TN 5.83 5.88 NWS MEMPHIS, TN 3.16 3.22 EVERGREEN, AL 3.46 5.77 SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS (THROUGH 6PM CDT) AND STORM TOTALS IN INCHES: LOCATION 24 HR AMOUNT STORM TOTAL ========= ======== ========= MCCOMB-PIKE COUNTY, MS 7.64 10.15 TUPELO, MS 6.93 8.13 HATTIESBURG, MS 4.68 8.21 REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...34.8N...88.8W...MOVING NORTH AT 23 MPH OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...17 KNOTS...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON FRIDAY AT 4 AM CDT. BELL/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH