PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 37 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL062008 400 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...FAY STALLING OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF FLORIDA. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS IN LOUISIANA. AT 400 PM CDT...21Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.9 WEST...OR ABOUT 75 MILES..120 KM...SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI AND 90 MILES...145 KM... NORTH OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE DEPRESSION IS NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING OFF TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. THE FORECAST TRACK WILL KEEP FAY STALLED FOR ANOTHER 12 TO 24 HOURS BEFORE ADVANCING TO THE NORTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OR WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA BY TUESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 25 MPH..40 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 100 PM CDT ...ALABAMA... CAMDEN 1.0 NNE 6.55 CLIO 0.2 SSW 6.26 EUFAULA 1.0 SSE 6.26 TROY 1.5 ESE 6.16 WETUMPKA 5.0 SE 6.14 VALLEY 0.4 NNW 6.11 LADONIA 13.2 SSW 5.90 ALEXANDER CITY 10.0 SW 5.77 CLOPTON 0.1 SW 5.71 SYLACAUGA 9.2 S 5.65 TROY 5.65 OZARK 5.41 MONTGOMERY 3.69 BIRMINGHAM 3.34 TUSCALOOSA 1.99 ...FLORIDA... MELBOURNE BEACH 3.9 SSE 25.28 COCOA BEACH 24.38 CAPE CANAVERAL 22.83 DELTONA 22.69 SATELLITE BEACH 22.40 PALM SHORES 1.4 W 21.44 PALM BAY 1.0 NE 21.00 DELTONA 2.9 SE 20.94 PALM SHORES 4.3 NNW 20.85 MELBOURNE 7.0 NW 20.57 ORANGE CITY 19.81 HILLIARD 5.4 NW 19.70 PALM SHORES 2.9 NW 19.64 TALLAHASSEE 5.7 SE 19.17 MALABAR 2.9 NNW 19.00 TALLAHASSEE 14.2 NE 18.30 WACISSA 1.1 SW 18.09 TALLAHASSEE 6.1 SE 18.07 MELBOURNE 1.1 N 18.05 SANFORD 0.4 ENE 18.03 ...GEORGIA... THOMASVILLE 2.8 E 17.43 COOLIDGE 3.2 SSW 12.03 MOULTRIE 6.2 SW 9.45 MEIGS 8.3 E 9.33 BLUFTON 0.2 N 9.02 VALDOSTA (MOODY AFB) 8.27 ALBANY 3.7 NE 8.25 HARIRA 3.6 SE 7.87 TIFTON 5.6 SW 7.76 FOLKSTON 2.4 E 7.51 MOULTRIE 10.0 ESE 7.21 LAKE PARK 2.8 W 7.11 ALBANY 8.0 ESE 6.81 OMEGA 4.7 NW 6.72 ST. MARYS 1.4 SW 6.49 ...LOUISIANA... NEW ORLEANS (NEW) 1.24 BOOTHVILLE 1.16 LAFAYETTE 0.23 ...MISSISSIPPI... MERIDIAN NAS/MCCAIN 1.56 MERIDIAN/KEY FIELD 1.55 JACKSON WFO 1.51 MCCOMB/LEWIS FIELD 1.30 NATCHEZ/HARDY 1.27 JACKSON/HAWKINS FIELD 1.23 HATTIESBURG/LAUREL 1.07 ...SOUTH CAROLINA... BEAUFORT 5.84 MEGGET 1.8 W 4.97 FOLLY BEACH 1.9 WNW 4.63 CHARLESTON 4.6 SSE 4.52 BLUFTON 2.3 NNE 4.37 BLUFTON 6.2 WNW 4.29 BLUFTON 2.4 NNW 4.29 BLUFTON 1.9 N 4.09 CHARLESTON 6.4 NW 4.01 JOHNS ISLAND 9.0 SE 4.01 CHARLESTON 2.67 TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER MUCH OF ALABAMA...PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...WESTERN GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING....WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. LIGHTER RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE... EASTERN GEORGIA... WESTERN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA INTO GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. IN FACT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA UNTIL 1000 PM EDT OR 900 PM CDT. REPEATING THE 400 PM CDT POSITION...31.3 N...89.9 W. MOVEMENT...NEARLY STATIONARY... MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...25 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR WEATHER.GOV FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON FAY. MUSHER FORECAST POSITIONS INITIAL 24/2100Z 31.3N 89.9W 12HR VT 25/0600Z 31.2N 90.4W 24HR VT 25/1800Z 31.7N 90.0W 36HR VT 26/0600Z 32.5N 88.9W 48HR VT 26/1800Z 33.4N 87.8W 72HR VT 27/1800Z 36.0N 85.0W...REMNANT LOW 96HR VT 28/1800Z 39.0N 82.5W...REMNANT LOW