STORM SUMMARY 22 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION DANNY
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...WASHINGTON DC
100 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 1997

AT 11PM EDT MONDAY EVENING...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
DANNY CONTINUED TO WEAKEN OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA.. WITH THE LOWEST
SURFACE PRESSURE NEAR 1011 MB. SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE
AS THE STORM DRIFTS SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. LATEST SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO HAVE A WELL-DEFINED MID-
LEVEL CIRCULATION.

MEANWHILE.. HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN
WITH THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
OVERNIGHT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND FOR
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR CHOCTAW.. TUSCALOOSA.. GREENE.. AND HALE
COUNTIES OF ALABAMA INTO THE MORNING. SOME PARTS OF GREENE AND
HALE COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING.. WITH
SOME LOCATIONS SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA HAVING RECEIVED NEARLY 10
INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THE LAST SUMMARY.. ESTIMATED 4 INCHES IN THE LAST
3 HOURS ALONE. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AND MANY SMALL
RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A
DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED IN
NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA ALONG THE TRACK OF THE STORM. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGHOUT THIS
AREA WHILE SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE OVER 10 INCHES.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 1 PM EDT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

DYE/WEATHER FORECAST BRANCH