PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 34 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 10 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA PUSHING TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY...SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD THREAT REMAIN... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI... AND ALABAMA. FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AT 10 PM CDT...03Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.5 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 89.5 WEST...OR 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. THE DEPRESSION IS NOW MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE ENSUING 24 HR PERIOD. RITA IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AS SHE CONTINUES HER JOURNEY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 1004 MB...OR 29.65 INCHES. SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 7 PM CDT ...LOUISIANA... BUNKIE 16.00 LAPLACE 12.45 LOGANSPORT 9.81 PORT VINCENT 9.71 JENNINGS 9.39 BATON ROUGE 9.30 MILLERVILLE 9.12 LAFAYETTE 8.44 INNISWOLD 8.31 PRAIRIEVILLE 7.94 FORT POLK 7.39 NEW ORLEANS 6.32 SHREVEPORT 5.53 ...TEXAS... CENTER 10.48 BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR 8.89 KARNACK 6.32 EVADALE 6.27 LONGVIEW 5.60 HARLETON 4.50 MARSHALL 4.28 JEFFERSON 4.22 LINDEN 3.70 DE KALB 3.00 ...ARKANSAS... BOUGHTON 5.88 STAR CITY 5.60 HOT SPRINGS 5.58 ARKANSAS CITY 5.36 LEOLA 5.25 DEMASCUS 5.10 LEWISVILLE 5.08 SPARKMAN 4.91 BENTON 4.88 MOUNT IDA 4.87 CAMDEN 4.75 TEXARKANA 4.03 LITTLE ROCK 3.46 ...MISSISSIPPI... GREENVILLE 8.37 NATCHEZ 7.80 PORT GIBSON 5.62 HOLLANDALE 5.45 LELAND 5.25 WAYSIDE 4.74 VICKSBURG 4.39 JACKSON 2.01 ...ALABAMA... ATMORE 4.30 CAMDEN 4.28 EVERGREEN 3.72 ALBERTA 3.51 BREWTON 3.15 SILVERHILL 3.14 WALLACE 2.90 THEODORE 2.59 UNIONTOWN 2.56 COFFEEVILLE 2.37 CLAIBORNE 2.13 ...MISSOURI... MYRTLE 2.15 WEST PLAINS 1.83 POPLAR BLUFF 1.68 WINONA 1.64 CAPE GIRARDEAU 1.24 ...KENTUCKY... PADUCAH 1.40 ...INDIANA... TERRE HAUTE 1.23 BLOOMINGTON 1.11 EAGLE CREEK ARPT 1.06 EVANSVILLE 0.95 ...ILLINOIS... HILDAGO 1.77 DECATUR 1.54 WINDSOR 1.42 URBANA 1.32 PALESTINE 1.14 CARBONDALE 1.13 MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE LOCALLY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...38.5 NORTH...89.5 WEST... MOVEMENT TOWARD NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AT 20 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 5 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. TRIMARCO