PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 42 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL062008 1000 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...FAY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN ALABAMA... FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...EASTERN TENNESSEE...AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA...NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. AT 1000 PM CDT...03Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.6 WEST...OR JUST NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI AND 130 MILES...210 KM...SOUTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH...8 KM/HR. THE FORECAST TRACK INDICATES THAT THE CENTER OF FAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AS IT REACHES ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 25 MPH...40 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE 24 HOURS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 700 PM CDT ...ALABAMA... HIGHLAND HOME 8.54 SEALE 3 ESE 7.98 CAMDEN 1.0 NNE 6.55 DAUPHIN ISLAND 6.48 WETUMPKA 6.44 EUFAULA 1.0 SSE 6.26 AUBURN 4 S 6.11 MOBILE/DOWNTOWN APT 6.06 RUTHERFORD 5.89 MONTGOMERY/MAXWELL AFB 5.53 BIRMINGHAM/MUNI APT 4.12 ...FLORIDA... MELBOURNE/WINDOVER FARMS 26.65 CAPE CANAVERAL /USAF FIELD MILL 21/ 22.83 SEBASTIAN /SCRIPPS SPACE COAST/ 22.25 PALM SHORES 1.4 W 21.44 PALM BAY 1.0 NE 21.00 VIERA 20.75 HILLIARD 5.4 NW 19.70 MELBOURNE WFO 19.62 CAPE CANAVERAL/COCOA BEACH 19.01 TALLAHASSEE/REGIONAL APT 11.93 GAINESVILLE/REGIONAL APT 8.25 NAPLES/MUNICIPAL APT 7.96 FT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD 7.12 ...GEORGIA... THOMASVILLE 27.50 COOLIDGE 3.2 SSW 12.03 NEWTON 11 SW 11.68 ELMODEL 11.08 BLAKELY 9.75 VALDOSTA/MOODY AFB 9.70 MILFORD 9.26 IRON CITY 6 NE 9.04 ALBANY 4.99 SAVANNAH/HUNTER AAF 4.43 PEACHTREE CITY/ATL WFO 2.00 ...KENTUCKY... CANTON 1.24 ...LOUISIANA... MILLERVILLE 4.35 ZACHARY 4.20 GREENWELL SPRINGS 2 SW 3.79 DENHAM SPRINGS 3.75 INNISWOLD 4 E 3.57 VIDALIA 3.30 JACKSON 3.26 RESERVE 3.20 BATON ROUGE 2.84 NEW ORLEANS/MSY 1.46 SLIDELL/WFO NEW 1.30 ...MISSISSIPPI... ACKERMAN 3 SE 6.14 STATE UNIVERSITY 4.85 GHOLSON 8 W 4.57 PASCAGOULA 4.52 TOPTON 4.37 BROOKSVILLE 2 NNE 4.21 DAMASCUS 1 SE 4.16 TOOMSUBA 5 SE 4.10 NOXAPATER 1 N 4.00 PHILADELPHIA 5 N 3.99 COLLINSVILLE 7 SE 3.79 MERIDIAN 3.66 NATCHEZ 3.38 JACKSON/WFO JAN 2.10 ...SOUTH CAROLINA... BEAUFORT 5.89 MEGGETT 1.8 W 4.97 HARDEEVILLE 13 S 4.21 WALTERBORO 2 SW 4.14 FOLLY BEACH 2.5 SW 3.96 SULLIVANS ISLAND 3.60 CHARLESTON 3.49 COLUMBIA 2.26 ...TENNESSEE... MEMPHIS 1.92 MARTIN UNIVERSITY 1.40 PULASKI 1.07 TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA...NORTHERN GEORGIA...EASTERN TENNESSEE...EASTERN KENTUCKY...THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING....WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA...WESTERN GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. REPEATING THE 1000 PM CDT POSITION...32.5 NORTH...88.6 WEST...MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...25 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR WEATHER.GOV FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON FAY. HEDGE FORECAST POSITIONS INITIAL 25/2100Z 32.5N 88.6W 12HR VT 26/0600Z 33.6N 88.0W 24HR VT 26/1800Z 35.0N 86.8W...EXTRATROPICAL 36HR VT 27/0600Z 36.5N 85.3W...EXTRATROPICAL 48HR VT 27/1800Z 37.8N 83.2W...EXTRATROPICAL