PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 60 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 
5 AM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004        


...TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN NEAR THE ALABAMA...GEORGIA...AND
TENNESSEE BORDER...

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF
TENNESSEE...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA


FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS FROM PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL
TENNESSEE...CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA... CENTRAL AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...EASTERN KENTUCKY...VIRGINIA...WEST
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...PORTIONS OF NEW JERSY...PENNSYLVANIA...AND
SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. 

AT 5 AM EDT...09Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN WAS
NEAR LATITUDE 34.9 NORTH LONGITUDE 84.9 WEST OR NEAR CHATTANOOGA
TENNESSEE. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER
GUSTS.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB OR 29.35 INCHES.  IVAN
IS MOVING NORTHEASTERLY AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH.  IVAN IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTHEAST TO EASTERN TENNESSEE BY MORNING THEN MOVE TO THE
EAST-NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA BY FRIDAY EVENING.  BY
SATURDAY MORNING THE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO THE CENTRAL
VIRGINIA/NORTH CAROLINA BORDER WHERE IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.


SELECTED 36 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 2 AM EDT.

LOCATION                      STORM TOTAL

ALABAMA...

TROY                          6.43
DOTHAN                        5.79
MONTGOMERY                    5.28
MOBILE                        5.07
PINSON                        4.59
ANNISTON                      4.48

GEORGIA...

ATLANTA                       4.93
ATHENS                        3.57
GAINESVILLE                   3.16

MISSISSIPPI...

COLUMBUS                      2.78

TENNESSEE...

CHATTANOOGA                   5.63
CROSSVILLE                    3.69
KNOXVILLE                     1.65
NASHVILLE                     1.45
BRISTOL                       1.12

NORTH CAROLINA...

ASHEVILLE                     3.76

SOUTH CAROLINA...

ANDERSON                      1.51

KENTUCKY...

LONDON                        1.32
JACKSON                       0.78



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4-7 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD MANLY TO
THE NORTH OF THE LOW.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...09Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.9 NORTH LONGITUDE 84.9 WEST...MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB OR 29.35 INCHES. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.  REFER TO
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM.

ZIEGENFELDER