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