STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 61 FOR T.D. "GEORGES" UPDATED NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 130 PM EDT WED SEP 30 1998 UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH AT 11 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GEORGES WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES NORTHNORTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS RISEN STEADILY AND WAS 1004 MB AT 11 AM EDT. THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH. T.D. GEORGES IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS BEFORE MOVING BACK OUT TO SEA OFF THE GEORGIA COAST SOMETIME FRIDAY MORNING. WHILE THE SURFACE CIRCULATION MAY NOT MOVE BACK OUT TO SEA UNTIL FRIDAY... LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THE HEAVIEST RAINS GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF THE SYSTEM AND IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED MOISTURE MAY MOVE OFF TO THE EAST WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION. THUS THE HEAVIEST RAINS SHOULD PROBABLY END SOMETIME LATE TODAY. THOUGH GEORGES HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY... THE STORM STILL POSES A THREAT DUE TO HEAVY RAINS, FLOODING AND TORNADOS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST AS TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IS DRAWN UP INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. SLOW MOVING BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF THE SURFACE CIRCULATION COULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 TO 6 THROUGHOUT THE DAY. DUE TO THE CONTINUED THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS... FLASH FLOOD WATCHES WERE ISSUED TODAY FOR PORTIONS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTHEAST GA....JEFF DAVIS...COFFEE...ATKINSON...CLINCH...ECHOLS... APPLING... BACON... PIERCE...WARE... CHARLTON...WAYNE...BRANTLEY... GLYNN...AND CAMDEN... AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FL: JEFFERSON... MADISON... HAMILTON... SUWANNEE... COLUMBIA... BAKER... NASSAU... DUVAL... TAYLOR... LAFAYEYYE... UNION... BRADFORD... CLAY... ST JOHNS... DIXIE...GILCHRIST...ALACHUA....AND PUTNAM. WITH STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH EXPECTED ALONG THE FL COAST...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST FROM THE APALACHICOLA RIVER TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER INCLUDING THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN...WAKULLA... JEFFERSON... TAYLOR AND DIXIE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA, SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 8PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. WHILE NOT AS HEAVY AS EARLIER... HEAVY RAINS PERSISTED OVERNIGHT OVER ALABAMA.... GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. SOME 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 8 AM EDT TODAY: ..ALABAMA.. CAIRNS 6.02 INCHES CLAYTON 5.20 INCHES TROY 4.90 INCHES UNION SPRINGS 4.55 INCHES DOTHAN 4.76 INCHES SELMA 4.02 INCHES AUBURN 3.33 INCHES ..GEORGIA.. COLUMBUS 2.49 INCHES VALDOSTA 2.34 INCHES ALMA 2.03 INCHES ..FLORIDA... MONTICELLO 7.15 INCHES TALLAHASSEE 5.39 INCHES MARIANA 4.26 INCHES PANAMA CITY 4.37 INCHES EARLIER REPORTED PRELIMINARY STORM TOTALS THROUGH 7AM EDT TUE SEP 29TH INCLUDE: ..ALABAMA... ROBERTSDALE 19.42 INCHES BAY MINETTE 14.55 INCHES ALABAMA PORT 13.66 INCHES MOBILE (AIRPORT) 12.20 INCHES MOBILE (DOWNTOWN) 10.99 INCHES MONTGOMERY 8.68 INCHES ...FLORIDA... MILTON 25.06 INCHES MUNSON 25.06 INCHES SHALIMAR 19.30 INCHES PENSACOLA AREA 15.49 INCHES EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE 17.80 INCHES THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY HPC AT 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY SEPT 30. ROBSON/GARTNER/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH NNNN