PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 60 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 5 PM EDT WED SEP 08 2004 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES IS CROSSING WEST VIRGINIA.... ...POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE APPALACHIANS...THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY...AND THE NORTHEAST ... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTH CAROLINA. FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE APPALACHIANS...PORTIONS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...AND THE NORTHEAST FROM NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINIA...CENTRAL AND WESTERN VIRGINIA...WEST VIRGINIA... MARYLAND...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...EASTERN OHIO... PENNSYLVANIA...CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK STATE... AND VERMONT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA VALID THROUGH 7 PM EDT. AT 5 PM EDT...21Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.1 NORTH LONGITUDE 82.0 WEST OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 15 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 29.56 INCHES. FRANCES HAS STARTED TO ACCELERATE... MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. FRANCES IS FORECAST TO BE OVER WEST VIRGINIA/PENNSYLVANIA BORDER BY LATER TONIGHT MOVING TO THE NEW YORK/PENNSYLVANIA BORDER BY THURSDAY MORNING AS IT BECOMES AN EXTRA-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST TO THE NEW YORK/CANADA BORDER BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE WELL INTO NORTHEAST CANADA BY FRIDAY MORNING. SELECTED 30 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 5 PM EDT: LOCATION STORM TOTAL NORTH CAROLINA... EDGEMONT 16.63 LINVILLE FALLS 14.51 LAKE TOXAWAY 14.45 ROSMAN 11.34 WINSTON-SALEM 3.79 GEORGIA... TALLULAH FALLS 10.03 TUGALO DAM 9.90 HELEN 9.72 NACOOCHEE 9.43 AUGUSTA 2.66 SOUTH CAROLINA... WALHALLA 9.98 TRAVELERS WEST 9.35 CAESARS HEAD 8.42 LONGCREEK 8.41 GREENVILLE 3.93 WEST VIRGINIA... ELLAMOORE 9.00 GRANTSVILLE 3.69 EAST LYNN 3.64 BLUEFIELD 2.71 CHARLESTON 2.70 VIRGINIA... BUSTED ROCK 7.38 COPPER HILL 6.79 SLATE MOUNTAIN 6.36 PIPERS GAP 6.41 ROANOKE 4.94 OHIO... ELKIN 5.86 JEFFERSON 5.06 LYNCH 4.86 NORTH WILKESBORO 4.61 KENTUCKY... MIDDLESBORO 5.08 BLACK MOUNTAIN 4.62 KINGDOM COME 3.67 DAVIS FORK 3.40 WILLIAMSBURG 2.86 TENNESSEE... MOUNT LECONTE 3.40 BURBANK 3.35 NORRIS 2.73 NEWCOMB 2.31 CHATTANOOGA 1.25 PENNSYLVANIA... MASONTOWN 1.43 SOMERSET 0.93 PITTSBURGH 0.87 NEW CASTLE 0.43 KENTUCKY... MIDDLESBORO 4.72 BLACK MOUNTAIN 4.62 KINGDOM COME 3.67 DAVIS FORK 3.40 TENNESSEE... NEWFOUND GAP 4.06 MOUNT LECONTE 3.40 CROSSVILLE 2.16 OAK RIDGE 1.97 WEST VIRGINIA... GRANTSVILLE 3.00 BLUEFIELD 2.49 CHARLESTON 2.01 EAST LYNN 2.00 VIRGINIA... ROANOKE 2.73 LYNCHBURG 1.39 CLINTWOOD 1.30 OHIO... NEW LEXINGTON 2.55 SOUTH POINT 1.75 ZANESVILLE 1.27 COLUMBUS 0.73 ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3-6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD OVER THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS INTO PORTIONS OF NEW YORK STATE. REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...21Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.1 NORTH LONGITUDE 82.0 WEST OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 29.56 INCHES MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM. ZIEGENFELDER/HALBACH