PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 62 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 5 AM EDT THR SEP 09 2004 ...REMNANTS OF FRANCES TRACKING ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NEW YORK...EASTERN KENTUCKY... OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA... VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...AND NORTH CAROLINA. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CONGAREE RIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CONNECTICUT. AT 5 AM EDT...9Z...THE SURFACE LOW FOR FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.4 NORTH LONGITUDE 79.4 WEST OR 100 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO NEW YORK. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB OR 29.59 INCHES. FRANCES IS MOVING NORTHWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND IS FORECAST TO MAKE A GRADUAL EASTWARD TURN. SELECTED 30 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 4 AM EDT: LOCATION STORM TOTAL NEW YORK... URBANA 4.23 CATLIN 2.36 JASPER 2.04 PENNSYLVANIA... ANSONVILLE 4.99 SAEGERTOWN 4.73 NEW PARIS 4.52 AUGHWICK 4.16 BERLIN 3.16 OHIO... WEST POINT 13.14 ROSEVILLE 8.28 CHANDLERSVILLE 8.15 UNION 8.46 ADAMSVILLE 6.00 JEWETT 5.96 KENTUCKY... FAGAN 5.04 CANNONSBURG 4.56 WILDWOOD LAKE 4.20 OLIVE HILL 3.80 MOREHEAD 3.56 WEST VIRGINIA... MITCHELL HEIGHTS 2.92 SAND RIDGE 2.52 VIRGINIA... NICHOLLS KNOB 8.23 TODD LAKE 6.03 FERRUM 5.82 WARM SPRINGS MTN 5.73 STOKESVILLE 5.48 CRAIGSVILLE 4.49 WOODSTOCK 4.45 COVINGTON 3.67 ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 36 HOUR PERIOD OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...09Z...FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.4 NORTH LONGITUDE 79.4 WEST. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB OR 29.59 INCHES. THE NEXT ADVISORY ON FRANCES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM. SZATANEK