ZCZC NFDSCCNS5 ALL TTAA00 KNFD DDHHMM STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 60 FOR THE REMNANTS OF "DENNIS" NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 100 PM EDT TUE SEP 07 1999 AT 100 PM EDT THE EXTRATROPICAL LOW THAT WAS ONCE DENNIS WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE...RADAR...AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS NEAR LATITUDE 43.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.8 WEST...OR ON THE SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO NEAR HILTON NY. DENNIS HAS BEGUN TO STRENGTHEN AS A NON TROPICAL LOW NEAR THE COLD FRONT IN THE OHIO VALLEY...AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 30 MPH OVER LAKE ONTARIO JUST NORTHWEST THE CENTER...ACCORDING TO SHIPS REPORTS FROM LATE THIS MORNING. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS DROPPED TO 1006 MB...OR 29.74 INCHES. MOVEMENT IS TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 15 MPH...AND DENNIS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO LATER THIS AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR NORTHERN NJ...EAST CENTRAL PA...SOUTHERN NY...AND SOUTHERN CT. A NARROW CORRIDOR OF HEAVY RAIN FELL FROM THAT EASTERN AND CENTRAL NC NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL VA...DC...EASTERN PA...AND CENTRAL NY STATE SINCE YESTERDAY. OVERNIGHT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. REPORTS OF FLOODING CAME IN FROM NORTHEAST NC...SOUTHEAST VA...AND EASTERN PA THIS MORNING. SOME ROADS IN THE REGION WERE IMPASSABLE...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING...UP TO 12 INCHES SO FAR SINCE SUNDAY. EVEN AS FAR SOUTH AT MYRTLE BEACH SC...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED. RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE NUESE AND TAR RIVERS IN NC....LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PENNS CREEK IN PA WAS EXPERIENCING SOME FLOODING THIS MORNING. UP TO 100 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG BLACK HOLE CREEK NEAR MONTGOMERY PA DUE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATERS...WHERE NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACCORDING TO RADAR ESTIMATES. THE HEAVIEST OBSERVED RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE 24-HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 8 AM EDT TUESDAY: EAST BUFFALO TOWNSHIP PA.....7.96 INCHES LOCHILE PA.......................................7.23 INCHES LEWISBURG PA.................................6.77 INCHES WILLIAMSPORT PA..........................6.41 INCHES SELINSGROVE PA.............................4.85 INCHES ELINSPORT PA..................................4.43 INCHES (AS OF 2 AM) WOODHULL NY................................3.36 INCHES CHERRY POINT NC..........................3.42 INCHES JACKSONVILLE NC..........................3.12 INCHES RICHMOND VA.................................2.38 INCHES RAINFALL TOTALS FOR VA AND NC ABOVE 7 INCHES SINCE SATURDAY... CHAPEL HILL NC............................10.63 INCHES UPPER SHERANDO VA...................9.25 INCHES CARY NC...........................................8.90 INCHES APEX NC............................................8.86 INCHES MONTEREY VA................................8.40 INCHES TOMS BRANCH VA..........................8.10 INCHES MONTEBELLO VA............................7.75 INCHES RALEIGH/DURHAM NC...................7.48 INCHES SUGAR GROVE VA...........................7.32 INCHES SOUTH RALEIGH NC........................7.30 INCHES BIG MEADOWS VA...........................7.09 INCHES WILSONVILLE NC.............................7.09 INCHES AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN REMAINS ACROSS NY STATE. A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING SOUTH OF THE CYCLONE COULD ACT AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NY UNTIL LATER TONIGHT...BEFORE MOVING INTO CANADA. ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE DENNIS CROSSES THE US/CANADIAN BORDER...ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. FOR PUBLIC DISSEMINATION...THE WMO HEADER FOR THE STORM SUMMARIES ON DENNIS IS ACUS45 KWBC. THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ON THE REMNANTS OF DENNIS WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 PM EDT. ROTH/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH NNNN