PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 63 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 
11 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004        


...TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN IS CROSSING THE BLUE RIDGE AS IT
STARTS TAKING A MORE EASTWARD TRACK...VAST SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCH FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE UP FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN MARYLAND...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
VIRGINIA.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE...
PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE...SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...VIRGINIA...WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...AND
EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA...CENTRAL
MARYLAND...SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT EDT.

THE 11 PM EDT...03Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR 37.5 NORTH LATITUDE AND 79.4 WEST LONGITUDE... OR
NEAR LYNCHBURG...VIRGINIA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 20 MPH
WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB OR
29.53 INCHES. OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS...IVAN HAS BEEN MOVING IN AN
EAST-NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. OVERNIGHT
IVAN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA BY
SATURDAY MORNING.  ON SATURDAY IVAN IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A TURN TO
THE SOUTHEAST...MOVING TO NEAR CAPE HATTERAS BY SATURDAY EVENING
WHILE IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. 


SELECTED STORM 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 8 PM
EDT.

LOCATION                      24 HOUR TOTAL

TENNESSEE...

CROSSVILLE                    4.52
CHATTANOOGA                   4.42
BRISTOL                       3.09

KENTUCKY...

PRINCESS                      5.03
OLDTOWN                       4.72
OLYMPIA SPRINGS               4.68
CANNONSBURG                   3.68
BEECHBURG                     3.60

OHIO...

GREENFIELD                    5.99
SHARON                        5.40
COOLVILLE                     5.28
TRIMBLE                       5.22
VINTON                        4.79
NEW ATHENS                    4.39
LEWISVILLE                    3.95

WEST VIRGINIA...

ELLAMORE                     12.40
ADOLF                         9.90
VALLEY HEAD                   8.90
WILLIAMSON                    5.95
BELINGTON                     5.20
LOMI                          2.28

VIRGINIA...

DANVILLE                      1.83
LYNCHBURG                     1.36

NORTH CAROLINA...

BEAR CREEK                    9.33
JONAS RIDGE                   8.55
HIGHLANDS                     7.52
CONNESTE FALL                 7.11
ARGURA                        6.37
HAWK                          6.24
MARSHALL                      4.56
HENDERSONVILLE                4.31

PENNSYLVANIA...

ALLEGHENY CO AIRPORT          5.25
PITTSBURGH                    5.02
HAMPTON                       3.95
CLEARFIELD                    3.78
DUBOIS                        3.54
EAST FRANKLIN                 3.00
DELMONT                       2.56
DONEGAL                       2.56
SENECA/OIL CITY               2.32
SABULA                        2.04
CAMBRIDGE                     1.83

NEW YORK...

APALACHIN                     2.92
BINGHAMTON                    2.39
HOWARD                        2.11
PRATTSBURG                    1.32


EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
HEAVIER AMOUNTS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ALONG THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE ALLEGHENY REGION.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT...03Z...POSITION...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
IVAN IS 37.5 NORTH LATITUDE AND 79.4 WEST LONGITUDE. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB OR 29.53 INCHES. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 5 AM EDT. REFER TO
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS STORM.

ZIEGENFELDER