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Tropical Depression BILL Advisory Number 16
 
Issued 09:00Z Jul 03, 2003
 
Advisory Selection
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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 16 FOR EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE BILL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
5 AM EDT THU JUL 03 2003

...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
NORTHEASTWARD... 

CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS...FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA... AND SOUTHEAST NORTH
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 ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 6:15 AM
EDT... AND FOR THE ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH IN SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA

AT 5 AM EDT...09Z...A SURFACE LOW (REMNANTS OF BILL) WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE  36.8 NORTH...78.5 WEST...NEAR PATUXENT RIVER NAS
MARYLAND OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON DC.

BILL HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 25 MPH OVER THE PAST 6
HOURS AND THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD TODAY. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 10 MPH NEAR THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION...BUT WINDS NEAR THE COAST FROM NEAR OCEAN CITY
MARYLAND TO NEAR CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ARE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.75 INCHES...1007 MB.

SELECTED 30 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES 
VALID 06Z (2 AM EDT)

LOCATION                     STORM TOTAL
========                     ===========
LUMBERTON AIRPORT NC          2.97
FAYETTEVILLE NC               2.31
HICKORY NC                    2.27
HATTERAS NC                   1.46
WILLIAMS NC                   2.24
SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AFB           2.92  
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                  1.77
ROANOKE VA                    2.22
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA            2.10

LYNCHBURG VA                  1.65
WALLOPS VA                     .94
RICHMOND VA                    .99 
WASHINGTON/DULLES VA           .53
OCEAN CITY MD                  .99
ANDREWS AFB MD                1.72
PATUXENT RIVER NAS MD         1.58
SALISBURY MD                  1.52
BWI AIRPORT MD                1.31
GEORGETOWN DE                 1.35
DOVER AFB DE                  1.02
WILDWOOD NJ                    .72
MILLVILLE NJ                   .44
ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO
ACCUMULATE OVER MID ATLANTIC STATES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT...09Z...A SURFACE LOW (REMNANTS OF BILL)
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE  36.8 NORTH...78.5 WEST...NEAR PATUXENT
RIVER NAS MARYLAND OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON
DC....MOVING NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 25 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 10 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.75 INCHES OR 1007
MB. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL
WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM EDT.

ZIEGENFELDER