ZCZC NFDSCCNS1 ALL TTAA00 KNFD DDHHMM STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHARLEY NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 100 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 1998 AT 12 PM CDT..TROPICAL DEPRESSION "CHARLEY" WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS, JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI. CHARLEY MADE LANDFALL ON THE TEXAS COAST BETWEEN CORPUS CHRISTI AND PALACIOS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS A TROPICAL STORM, BUT HAS SINCE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, AS IT MOVES WEST- NORTHWESTWARD AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HIGHEST WINDS WITH CHARLEY ARE GENERALLY 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AT SOME OF THE COASTAL LOCATIONS AT THIS TIME. WITH CHARLEY FORECAST TO MOVE ON A MORE WESTERLY TRACK FARTHER INLAND, SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING WILL OCCUR IN TERMS OF WIND SPEEDS. THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER PROBLEM WITH CHARLEY UP TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN FLOODING RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN TEXAS, AND THIS HEAVY RAINFALL REGIME WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN AS CHARLEY MOVES THROUGH THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS ALONG AND NEAR THE TEXAS COAST HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 5 AND 10+" OF RAIN THROUGH MID MORNING. FEEDER BANDS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE STORM HAVE PRODUCED GREATER THAN 5" OF RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TEXAS COAST IN BRAZORIA AND REFUGIO COUNTIES, WHILE RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 10" IN BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES, VERY NEAR WHERE THE CENTER OF CHARLEY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR COUNTIES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN TEXAS, AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THIS SAME AREA INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THREAT WILL LIKELY SHIFT WESTWARD INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT, ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF CHARLEY. OTHER THAN THE FLOODING RAINFALL NOW OCCURRING WITH CHARLEY, THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE OR NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND/OR TORNADO ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM, AND WITH CONTINUED WEAKENING EXPECTED, ANY FUTURE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD REMAIN AT A MINIMUM. THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1AM EDT SUNDAY. TERRY/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH NNNN