PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 54 FOR REMNANTS OF IKE
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL092008
1000 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008        

...REMNANTS OF IKE RACING NORTHEAST AND CONTINUING TO PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL TEXAS INTO
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI. ADDITIONAL FLOOD AND
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
MUCH OF ILLINOIS...ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA INTO SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.
 MANY COUNTIES ARE CURRENTLY UNDER FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
THROUGH THESE AREAS. 

AT 1000 AM CDT...15Z...LOW PRESSURE...WHICH WAS IKE...WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.0 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 89.0 WEST...OR 60 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. THE LOW IS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH OR 64 KM/HR.

THE LOW WILL RACE NORTHEASTWARD TODAY...ALONG A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...ACROSS INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES THIS EVENING. BY MONDAY MORNING THE LOW WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 TO 40 MPH...55 TO 65 KM/HR...WITH
GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 987 MB...OR
29.15 INCHES.

SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 700 AM CDT

...LOUISIANA...
NATCHITOCHES           3.68
GOLDONNA               2.57
MONROE                 2.45

...TEXAS...
MISSION BEND           7.37
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR   4.99
HUNTSVILLE             4.90
COLLEGE STATION        3.45
TYLER                  2.69
PARIS                  2.44 

...ARKANSAS...
FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKE     4.35
HARRISON               2.26
FORT SMITH             2.23

...MISSISSIPPI...

...ILLINOIS...
QUINCY                 3.04
PEORIA                 3.67


...MISSOURI...
FAIR GROVE             5.52
ASHLAND                5.39
BUFFALO                5.28
LIBERAL                5.25
CROSS TIMBERS          5.18
BROOKFIELD             5.11
COLE CAMP              5.06
PLATTSBURG             5.06
HERMITAGE              5.06
JEFFERSON CITY         5.06
HIGHLANDVILLE          5.02
WHEATLAND              5.02
FORNEY AAF             4.63
COLUMBIA               4.60

...KANSAS...
MCCUNE                 3.80
COFFEYVILLE            3.16

...OKLAHOMA...
CLAREMORE              2.44
MUSKOGEE               2.38
SAND SPRINGS           2.10


THE REMNANTS OF IKE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY
INTO TONIGHT AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES.
MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES
WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER TOTALS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

REPEATING THE 1000 AM CDT POSITION...39.0 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE
89.0 WEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 TO 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...987 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED AT 400 PM CDT SUNDAY BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS
STORM.

ECKERT/FRACASSO

FORECAST POSITIONS

INITIAL 14/1500Z 39.0N 89.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
12HR VT 15/0000Z 42.2N 81.1W...EXTRATROPICAL
24HR VT 15/1200Z 48.1N 69.0W...EXTRATROPICAL