PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 12 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
5AM EDT WED JUL 02 2003
...COR FLASH FLOOD FOR RIVER FLOOD...
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL MOVES INTO SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
AND SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 9 AM EDT... FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE
BEEN ISSUED FOR...MOST NORTH CAROLINA...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
GEORGIA... ALL OF SOUTH CAROLINA...MOST NORTH CAROLINA ...MOST OF
VIRGINIA ...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY ...EASTERN HALF OF
TENNESSEE AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE
BEEN ISSUED FOR...ROANOKE...CAMPBELL...CHARLOTTE...HALIFAX...AND
PITTSYLANIA COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA GREENVILLE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA WILKES... SURRY...YADKIN...AND CASWELL COUNTIES
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
AT 5AM EDT...09Z...THE CENTER OF BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
35.6 NORTH...84.0 WEST...NEAR THE TOWN OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE IN
SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE NEAR THE TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA
BOARDER.
BILL HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 15 MPH OVER THE PAST 6
HOURS AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 10 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.80 INCHES OR 1007 MB.
SELECTED 30 HOUR STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES
(THRU 2AM EDT)
LOCATION STORM TOTAL
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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ANDERSON 2.94
CLEMSON 3.71
GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG 3.10
GREENVILLE 3.14
NORTH CAROLINA
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CHARLOTTE 0.69
TENNESSEE
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KNOXVILLE 1.79
VIRGINIA
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ROANOKE 0.51
GEORGIA
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ATLANTA 3.02
GAINESVILLE 3.72
PEACHTREE CITY 3.14
ROME 3.09
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVER
REGIONS OF CAROLINAS ... VIRGINIA ...MARYLAND...AND DELAWARE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
REPEATING THE 5AM EDT POSITION...35.6 NORTH...84.0 WEST...NEAR
THE TOWN OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 10 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 29.80 INCHES OR 1007 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL WILL BE ISSUED AT
11AM EDT.
ZIEGENFELDER