PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 34 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION KATRINA NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 5 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY...THREAT FOR FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ALONG ITS PATH... FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF INDIANA...OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA...NEW YORK...VERMONT...MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND MAINE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK...CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...UNTIL 900 AM EDT. AT 5 AM EDT...09Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.1 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 81.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF AKRON OHIO AND MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 35 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...OR 29.41 INCHES. SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 2 AM EDT... ...NEW YORK... WELLSVILLE 3.72 DANSVILLE 2.27 BINGHAMTON 2.27 SYRACUSE 1.78 BUFFALO 1.38 ...PENNSYLVANIA... BRADFORD 2.85 MEADVILLE 1.83 PITTSBURGH 1.70 ERIE 1.50 ...OHIO... OHIO ST U/COLUMBUS 3.80 COLUMBUS 3.24 WILMINGTON 3.19 DAYTON 2.29 ...KENTUCKY... BARREN RIVER LAKE 6.15 BOWLING GREEN 5.00 PADUCAH/BARKLEY 3.66 CINNCINNATI/COVINGTON 3.02 LOUISVILLE 2.60 ...INDIANA... SHELBYVILLE 3.11 EVANSVILLE 3.03 INDIANAPOLIS 2.23 ...FLORIDA... HOMESTEAD 14.41 KEY WEST 9.92 CUTLER RIDGE 3 NE 9.65 MARATHON 9.16 CHEKIKA EVERGLADES 9.12 ...LOUISIANA... BAPTIST/NATALBANY RVR 10.49 BUSH/BOGUE CHITTO RVR 10.05 PEARL RIVER 9.79 KENNER 9.72 CAMP COVINGTON/BOGUE FALAYA RVR 9.63 DEER RANGE 9.25 VENICE/CORP OF ENGINEERS 8.77 COVINGTON/BOGUE FALAYA RVR 7.23 NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT 7.20 ...MISSISSIPPI... CAESAR 8.98 NOXAPATER 8.30 HATTIESBURG/BOUIE CREEK 7.33 IUKA 7.12 KOSCIUSKO 6.90 CONEHATTA 6.80 BROOKLYN/BLACK CREEK 6.78 YAZOO CITY 5 NNE 6.50 ...ALABAMA... RED BAY 12NNE 6.44 RED BAY 5.63 HAMILTON 3S 4.78 HODGES 3.87 MUSCLE SHOALS RGNL ARPT 3.74 MOULTON 3.73 SAMANTHA 4N 3.65 ...TENNESSEE... MEMPHIS NWS OFFICE 3.78 DYERSBURG 3.24 MEMPHIS 3.09 NASHVILLE METRO ARPT 2.55 ...GEORGIA... JULIETTE 3.30 CAMILLA 3S 3.16 HELEN 7N 3.09 CLAYTON 10W 3.08 HIAWASSEE 3SSE 3.01 JACKSON 7E 2.95 TIGER 7WSW 2.92 ...ARKANSAS... BLYTHEVILLE 2.56 JONESBORO 1.97 WEST MEMPHIS 1.78 RADAR IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW A LARGE SWATH OF MODERATE RAINFALL ORIENTED FROM WEST TO EAST ALONG THE US-CANADIAN BORDER IN NEW YORK WHICH IS SOUTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT. CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION...LIGHTER PRECIPITATION CAN BE OBSERVED. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THIS SYSTEM PROPAGATES NORTHEASTWARD. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...TROPICAL DEPRESSION KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR 41.1 NORTH...81.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF AKRON OHIO...AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 996 MB OR 29.41 INCHES. THE NEXT ADVISORY ON KATRINA WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM EDT BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. HALBACH