ZCZC NFDSCCNS5 ALL TTAA00 KNFD DDHHMM STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 58 FOR THE REMNANTS OF "DENNIS" NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 115 AM EDT TUE SEP 07 1999 AT 100 A.M. EDT... THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION THAT WAS ONCE CALLED DENNIS WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 38.8 NORTH 78.1 WEST LONGITUDE...OR 45 MILES NORTH OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ONLY 10 MILES PER HOUR WERE OBSERVED. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS UP TO 1009 MB...AND MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO BE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE ON THIS TRACK AS IT INTERACTS WITH A COLD FRONT AND A MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN THE OHIO VALLEY...BRINGING IT INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY DAYBREAK...AND TO EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO TUESDAY NIGHT. A LARGE RAIN BAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM...FROM CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN MARYLAND AND INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...HAS RESULTED IN FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BEING ISSUED EARLY THIS MORNING. SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST THREE HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE DELMARVA REGION THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DUE TO THE ALREADY HEAVY RAINFALL IN MANY LOCATIONS FROM DENNIS THE LAST 48 HOURS ...SPECIFICALLY ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA... SATURATED GROUNDS WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AND INTERACT WITH A MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ON TUESDAY....THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SYSTEM THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF FLASH FLOOD WATCHES. DUE TO THE FORECASTED NORTH NORTHEAST MOVEMENT...THESE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED THROUGH TUESDAY FOR THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND... DELAWARE...MOST OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL....SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW YORK STATE....LONG ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THESE WATCH AREAS COULD EASILY REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH SOME AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES IN THE UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK STATE. FOR PUBLIC DISSEMINATION...THE WMO HEADER FOR THE STORM SUMMARIES ON DENNIS IS ACUS45 KWBC. THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY ON DENNIS WILL BE ISSUED AT 700 AM EDT. WALLY/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH NNNN