PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 9 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 4 PM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW LOST MOST OF IT TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND HAS BECOME EXTRA-TROPICAL... FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. AT 4 PM CDT...21Z...THE LOW THAT ONCE WAS TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR 30.7 NORTH LATITUDE AND 91.0 WEST LONGITUDE...OR NEAR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR THE COAST ARE 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. HIGHER WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR THE COAST AND OFF SHORE. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 29.56 INCHES. OVER THE PAST NINE HOURS...MATTHEW HAS BEEN MOVING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. THE EXTRA-TROPICAL LOW IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTH TO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY MONDAY MORNING. SELECTED 30 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. LOCATION 30 HOUR TOTAL LOUISIANA... NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT 3.47 BOOTHVILLE 3.46 MONROE 3.14 NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT 2.86 LAFAYETTE 2.71 ALEXANDRIA 2.30 NEW IBERIA 2.27 BATON ROUGE 1.98 SHREVPORT/DOWNTOWN 1.26 MISSISSIPPI... VICKSBURG 4.98 NATCHES 3.78 JACKSON 3.47 GREENVILLE 2.52 GULFPORT 2.14 PINE BELT 1.91 HAWKS FIELD 1.76 ARKANSAS... MONTICELLO 2.66 EL DORADO 2.16 PINE BLUFF 1.42 ADDITIONAL MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT...21Z...POSITION OF FORMER TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW IS 30.7 NORTH LATITUDE AND 91.0 WEST WEST LONGITUDE. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 29.56 INCHES. THE NEXT ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW WILL BE ISSUED AT 10 CDT. REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS STORM. ZIEGENFELDER