NOUS41 KAKQ 242252 AAA PNSAKQ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 600 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2002 ...PRECIPITATION DATA FOR NOVEMBER 2002 ACROSS THE WAKEFIELD HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA... STATION NAME MONTH FALL 2002 LOCATION/COUNTY TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL IN VIRGINIA... ALBERTA/BRUNSWICK 3.71 13.53 AMELIA/AMELIA 4.80 14.15 37.34 ASHLAND/HANOVER 4.89 13.65 33.68 ASHLAND AIRPORT/HANOVER 4.65 11.37 30.63 BLACKSTONE-FT PICKETT/NOTTOWAY 4.06 14.10 37.56 BREMO BLUFF/FLUVANNA 5.16 13.72 34.87 BURKEVILLE/NOTTOWAY 4.89 14.20 41.65 CAMP PEARY/YORK 5.48 14.63 38.54 CHASE CITY/MECKLENBURG 4.21 19.76 CHESAPEAKE-WALLACETON/LK DRUMMOND 6.25 16.29 CHESAPEAKE-WESTERN BRANCH 5.38 13.26 42.65 CLARKSVILLE/MECKLENBURG 3.97 19.62 CORBIN/CAROLINE 4.89 13.09 33.30 COURTLAND/SOUTHAMPTON 4.75 CROZIER/GOOCHLAND 6.58 15.34 38.68 EASTVILLE/NORTHAMPTON 4.37 12.92 38.89 EMPORIA WATER PLANT/GREENSVILLE 4.22 13.37 40.16 FARMVILLE-WFLO RADIO/CUMBERLAND 5.77 15.05 36.23 GOOCHLAND/GOOCHLAND 5.45 GORDONSVILLE/LOUISA 5.24 13.22 GREEN BAY/PRINCE EDWARD 4.47 16.32 36.94 GWYNN'S ISLAND/MATHEWS 6.38 HAGUE/WESTMORELAND 4.41 13.45 HAMPTON 5.50 18.07 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY/HAMPTON 5.60 16.18 HOLLAND-SUFFOLK 5.46 13.31 39.87 HOPEWELL-VA AMERICAN WATER 4.54 15.98 40.46 JOHN H. KERR DAM/MECKLENBURG 3.77 15.82 36.79 LAWRENCEVILLE/BRUNSWICK 3.75 12.88 38.41 LOUISA/LOUISA 4.68 12.65 39.20 MATHEWS 5.65 16.93 47.29 MILFORD HAVEN C.G./MATHEWS 5.48 16.72 38.71 NEWPORT NEWS-PATRICK HENRY AIRPORT 5.42 13.69 NORFOLK-AIRPORT 4.92 18.16 46.71 NORFOLK-SOUTH (CO-OP) 5.55 20.20 52.08 NORTH/MATHEWS 5.46 16.55 42.95 PAINTER/ACCOMACK 4.00 12.06 38.19 PALMYRA/FLUVANNA 5.27 12.38 35.49 PAMPLIN CITY/PRINCE EDWARD 5.15 14.20 36.02 PETERSBURG 4.30 12.51 39.17 PORTSMOUTH 5.99 18.04 46.97 POWHATAN/POWHATAN 5.26 14.29 37.93 REEDVILLE/NORTHUMBERLAND 5.92 14.87 42.89 RICHMOND AIRPORT/HENRICO 4.28 13.25 34.32 RUTHER GLEN/CAROLINE 4.65 11.82 33.38 SANDSTON/HENRICO 4.67 14.64 38.63 SMITHFIELD/ISLE OF WIGHT 5.43 STONY CREEK/SUSSEX 4.72 16.28 45.81 SUFFOLK-LAKE KILBY 6.87 15.58 46.94 VIRGINIA BEACH-BACK BAY NWR 6.14 25.77 63.20 WAKEFIELD/SUSSEX 4.91 14.17 44.79 WALKERTON/KING AND QUEEN 4.66 11.74 30.92 WALLOPS ISLAND/ACCOMACK 3.69 10.83 35.27 WARSAW/RICHMOND 4.53 12.90 35.09 WEST POINT/KING WILLIAM 5.03 15.62 36.66 WILLIAMSBURG CO-OP 5.60 14.88 39.79 WINTERPOCK/CHESTERFIELD 4.23 12.67 34.76 YORKTOWN 5.55 14.70 42.58 IN NORTH CAROLINA... EDENTON/CHOWAN 4.79 11.04 45.27 ELIZABETH CITY C.G./PASQUOTANK 5.77 15.32 54.24 ELIZABETH CITY WTP/PASQUOTANK 10.04 22.47 HARVEY POINT/PERQUIMANS 6.42 15.36 JACKSON/NORTHAMPTON 4.32 13.90 40.61 LEWISTON/BERTIE 5.40 15.28 40.85 MURFREESBORO/HERTFORD 4.67 15.08 43.78 IN MARYLAND... ASSATEAGUE ISLAND/WORCESTER 4.55 12.97 40.70 CRISFIELD C.G./SOMERSET 5.37 OCEAN CITY/WORCESTER 4.10 PRINCESS ANNE/SOMERSET 6.07 14.71 SALISBURY AIRPORT/WICOMICO 5.80 22.20 45.18 SALISBURY-COOP/WICOMICO 5.82 18.38 40.91 SALISBURY-STATE POLICE/WICOMICO 5.33 20.69 44.58 SNOW HILL/WORCESTER 5.13 27.92 52.51 VIENNA/DORCHESTER 5.04 **** IF YOU USE THIS PRODUCT...AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUED... PLEASE CALL 1-757-899-4200 AND TALK TO...OR LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR... EITHER MR. FAY CROSSLEY OR MS. SUSAN FUNK. **** ...NARRATIVE SUMMARY... NOVMEBER'S PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...WAS ABOVE NORMAL. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OCCURRED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH...AROUND THE 5TH TO 6TH...THE 12TH TO 13TH...AND THE 16TH TO THE 18TH. NOVEMBER 2002 PRECIPITATION TOTALS RANGED FROM 3.69 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AT WALLOPS ISLAND (ACCOMACK)...VIRGINIA...TO 10.04 INCHES AT ELIZABETH CITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT (PASQUOTANK)... NORTH CAROLINA. FOR THIS YEAR...OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...JANUARY'S PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...FEBRUARY'S PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL AND MARCH'S PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL. APRIL'S PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST PLACES IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...AND NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL FOR MOST PLACES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA. MAY'S PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR NORMAL FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...DUE TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE HAD BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN MOST PLACES. JUNE'S PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...WAS MAINLY BELOW NORMAL WELL INLAND...AND NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE COASTS. JULY'S PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...WAS MAINLY NEAR OF BELOW NORMAL. AUGUST'S PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA VARIED WIDELY DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AUGUST'S PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL...AND FOR THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...AUGUST'S PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL. SEPTEMBER'S PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...VARIED WIDELY WITHIN EACH REGION. OCTOBER'S PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...WAS ABOVE NORMAL. $$ SJF