PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 43 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL062008 400 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FAY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA... FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...EASTERN TENNESSEE...AND FAR WESTERN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA...AND NORTHERN FLORIDA. AT 400 AM CDT...09Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.7 WEST...OR NEAR TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH...10 KM/HR. THE FORECAST TRACK INDICATES THAT THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF FAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AS IT REACHES ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY AND INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 20 MPH...32 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 100 AM 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 6.14 RUTHERFORD 5.89 MONTGOMERY/MAXWELL AFB 5.55 BIRMINGHAM/MUNI APT 4.97 HUNTSVILLE 2.90 MUSCLE SHOALS 2.71 ...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 5.15 SAVANNAH/HUNTER AAF 4.43 GAINSVILLE 3.41 ROME 2.36 PEACHTREE CITY/ATL WFO 2.06 ...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 MERIDIAN 4.37 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 2.39 ...TENNESSEE... MEMPHIS 1.93 DYERSBURG 1.54 CHATTANOOGA 1.11 TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA...EASTERN TENNESSEE...EASTERN KENTUCKY...NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA...SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...EASTERN TENNESSEE...AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CAROLINAS. REPEATING THE 400 AM CDT POSITION...33.2 NORTH...87.7 WEST...MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...20 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR WEATHER.GOV FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON FAY. HEDGE FORECAST POSITIONS INITIAL 26/0900Z 33.2N 87.7W 12HR VT 26/1800Z 34.4N 86.8W 24HR VT 27/0600Z 35.8N 85.2W...EXTRATROPICAL 36HR VT 27/1800Z 37.2N 83.5W...EXTRATROPICAL 48HR VT 28/0600Z 38.4N 81.7W...EXTRATROPICAL