NOUS41 KAKQ 142009 PNSAKQ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 310 PM EST THU NOV 14 2002 ...PRECIPITATION DATA FOR OCTOBER 2002 ACROSS THE WAKEFIELD HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA... STATION NAME MONTH 2002 LOCATION/COUNTY TOTAL TOTAL IN VIRGINIA... ALBERTA/BRUNSWICK 6.81 AMELIA/AMELIA 6.85 32.54 ASHLAND/HANOVER 6.66 28.79 ASHLAND AIRPORT/HANOVER 4.44 25.98 BLACKSTONE-FT PICKETT/NOTTOWAY 7.07 33.50 BREMO BLUFF/FLUVANNA 6.07 29.71 BURKEVILLE/NOTTOWAY 7.07 36.76 CAMP PEARY/YORK 6.21 33.06 CHASE CITY/MECKLENBURG 10.05 CHESAPEAKE-SOUTHERN PART 6.98 CHESAPEAKE-WALLACETON/LK DRUMMOND 5.83 CHESAPEAKE-WESTERN BRANCH 4.56 37.27 CLARKSVILLE/MECKLENBURG 11.55 CORBIN/CAROLINE 6.30 28.41 CROZIER/GOOCHLAND 5.97 32.10 EASTVILLE/NORTHAMPTON 5.66 34.52 EMPORIA WATER PLANT/GREENSVILLE 6.00 35.94 FARMVILLE-WFLO RADIO/CUMBERLAND 6.99 30.46 GORDONSVILLE/LOUISA 5.39 GREEN BAY/PRINCE EDWARD 8.12 32.47 GWYNN'S ISLAND/MATHEWS 8.96 HAGUE/WESTMORELAND 6.68 HAMPTON 7.77 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY/HAMPTON 5.91 HOLLAND-SUFFOLK 4.89 34.41 HOPEWELL-VA AMERICAN WATER 7.37 35.92 JAMES CITY 6.53 37.16 JOHN H. KERR DAM/MECKLENBURG 8.76 33.02 LAWRENCEVILLE/BRUNSWICK 5.73 34.66 LOUISA/LOUISA 5.92 34.52 MATHEWS 8.20 41.64 MILFORD HAVEN C.G./MATHEWS 6.04 33.23 NEWPORT NEWS-PATRICK HENRY AIRPORT 5.62 NORFOLK-AIRPORT 6.55 41.79 NORFOLK-SOUTH (CO-OP) 6.96 46.53 NORTH/MATHEWS 7.88 37.49 PAINTER/ACCOMACK 5.96 34.19 PALMYRA/FLUVANNA 5.00 30.22 PAMPLIN CITY/PRINCE EDWARD 6.89 30.87 PETERSBURG 6.28 34.87 PORTSMOUTH 6.87 40.98 POWHATAN/POWHATAN 6.55 32.67 REEDVILLE/NORTHUMBERLAND 6.16 36.97 RICHMOND AIRPORT/HENRICO 6.09 30.04 RUTHER GLEN/CAROLINE 5.22 28.73 SANDSTON/HENRICO 6.43 33.96 STONY CREEK/SUSSEX 6.45 41.09 SUFFOLK-LAKE KILBY 4.94 40.07 VIRGINIA BEACH 10.81 VIRGINIA BEACH-BACK BAY NWR 11.72 57.06 WAKEFIELD/SUSSEX 5.41 39.88 WALKERTON/KING AND QUEEN 4.96 26.26 WALLOPS ISLAND/ACCOMACK 5.69 31.58 WARSAW/RICHMOND 6.36 30.56 WEST POINT/KING WILLIAM 7.40 31.63 WILLIAMSBURG CO-OP 6.00 34.19 WINTERPOCK/CHESTERFIELD 5.57 30.53 YORKTOWN 7.03 37.03 IN NORTH CAROLINA... EDENTON/CHOWAN 4.54 40.48 ELIZABETH CITY C.G./PASQUOTANK 6.81 48.47 ELIZABETH CITY WTP/PASQUOTANK 7.77 HARVEY POINT/PERQUIMANS 5.83 LEWISTON/BERTIE 5.02 35.45 MURFREESBORO/HERTFORD 5.67 39.11 IN MARYLAND... ASSATEAGUE ISLAND/WORCESTER 6.05 36.15 OCEAN CITY/WORCESTER 5.46 PRINCESS ANNE/SOMERSET 6.19 SALISBURY AIRPORT/WICOMICO 7.66 39.38 SALISBURY-COOP/WICOMICO 7.24 35.09 SALISBURY-STATE POLICE/WICOMICO 8.14 39.25 SNOW HILL/WORCESTER 7.09 47.38 ...NARRATIVE SUMMARY... OCTOBER'S PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...WAS ABOVE NORMAL. RECORD DAILY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OCCURRED ON THE 11TH...DUE TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION KYLE. STATIONS RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE INCH OF RAINFALL...WITH MANY PLACES RECEIVING MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ON THAT DATE. OCTOBER 2002 PRECIPITATION TOTALS RANGED FROM 4.44 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AT ASHLAND AIRPORT (HANOVER)... VIRGINIA...TO 11.72 INCHES AT BACK BAY NWR (VIRGINIA BEACH)...VIRGINIA. 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. $$ SJF