** WTNT31 KWNH 122051 *** TCPAT1 PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 18 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARLENE NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 4 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARLENE MOVING NORTH THROUGH OHIO VALLEY... ALL FLOOD WATCHES ALONG THE PATH OF ARLENE HAVE BEEN DISCOUNTINED. AT 4PM CDT...21Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARLENE WAS LOCATED NEAR 37.7 NORTH....LONGITUDE 87.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. ARLENE HAS SLOWED DOWN TODAY AND IS NOW MOVING NORTH NEAR 16 MPH. THIS NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SLOWING OF THE FORWARD MOTION POSSIBLE. ARLENE IS EXPECTED TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY MONDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.71 INCHES OR 1006 MB. SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 1 PM CDT JUNE 12: LOCATION STORM TOTAL ======== =========== NAPLES FL 5.67 HURLBERT FIELD FL 5.42 COLUMBUS MS 5.19 FORT MYERS FL 5.04 MOBILE AL 4.54 HOMESTEAD FL 4.18 WEST KENDALL FL 3.55 MACDILL AFB FL 3.27 TUPELO MS 3.10 MERIDIAN MS 2.89 ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG THE TRACK OF ARLENE IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...37.7 NORTH...87.7 WEST... MOVEMENT NORTH AT 16 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 25 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...29.71 INCHES OR 1006 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 PM CDT. LADER $$