PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 15 FOR EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE BILL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
11 PM EDT WED JUL 02 2003

...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
NORTHEASTWARD...SEVERE WEATHER PERSISTS... 

CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...FLOOD WATCHES
HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR
TALLAHASSEE
FOR UPSTREAM WATER FLOWING SOUTH DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS FROM
THE REMNANTS OF BILL... A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
DUPLIN... LENOIR... GREENE... AND PITT COUNTIES IN NORTH
CAROLINA... WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

AT 11 PM EDT...03Z...A SURFACE LOW (REMNANTS OF BILL) WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE  36.8 NORTH...78.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE VIRGINIA OR ABOUT 40 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST
OF LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA.

BILL HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 16 MPH OVER THE PAST 3
HOURS AND THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-
NORTHEAST TONIGHT. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 10 MPH NEAR THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION...BUT WINDS NEAR THE COAST FROM NEAR VIRGINIA BEACH
VIRGINIA TO NEAR CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ARE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.76 INCHES...1007 MB.

SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES 
VALID 00Z (8 PM EDT)

LOCATION                     STORM TOTAL
========                     ===========
LUMBERTON AIRPORT NC          2.97
FAYETTEVILLE NC               2.31
HICKORY NC                    2.27
CHARLESTOWN SC                1.19
DARLINGTON SC                 3.09
FLORENCE SC                   3.12
GREENWOOD SC                  2.15
OWENS FIELD SC                2.57
ORANGEBURG SC                 2.29
BLUEFIELD WV                  1.74
ROANOKE VA                    2.12
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA            1.33
WASHINGTON/DULLES VA           .33

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVER
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ... VIRGINIA ...AND MARYLAND...SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... DELAWARE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT SURFACE LOW POSITION...36.8 NORTH...78.5
WEST...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE VIRGINIA OR ABOUT
40 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA...MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD AT 16 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 10
MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.76 INCHES OR 1007 MB. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL
WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM EDT.

ZIEGENFELDER