PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...AMENDED TO ADD ELIZ CITY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 612 PM EDT THU OCT 17 2002 ...PRECIPITATION DATA FOR SEPTEMBER 2002 ACROSS THE WAKEFIELD HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA... STATION NAME MONTH 2002 LOCATION/COUNTY TOTAL TOTAL IN VIRGINIA... ALBERTA/BRUNSWICK 3.01 AMELIA/AMELIA 2.50 25.69 ASHLAND/HANOVER 2.10 22.13 ASHLAND AIRPORT/HANOVER 2.28 21.54 BLACKSTONE-FT PICKETT/NOTTOWAY 2.97 26.43 BREMO BLUFF/FLUVANNA 2.49 23.64 BURKEVILLE/NOTTOWAY 2.24 29.69 CAMP PEARY/YORK 2.94 26.85 CHASE CITY/MECKLENBURG 5.50 CHESAPEAKE-WALLACETON/LK DRUMMOND 4.21 CHESAPEAKE-WESTERN BRANCH 3.32 32.71 CLARKSVILLE/MECKLENBURG 4.10 CORBIN/CAROLINE 1.90 22.11 CROZIER/GOOCHLAND 2.79 26.13 EASTVILLE/NORTHAMPTON 2.89 28.86 EMPORIA WATER PLANT/GREENSVILLE 3.15 29.94 FARMVILLE-WFLO RADIO/CUMBERLAND 2.29 23.47 GOOCHLAND/GOOCHLAND 3.32 28.08 GORDONSVILLE/LOUISA 2.59 GREEN BAY/PRINCE EDWARD 3.73 24.35 HAGUE/WESTMORELAND 2.36 HAMPTON 4.80 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY/HAMPTON 4.67 HOLLAND-SUFFOLK 2.96 29.52 HOPEWELL-VA AMERICAN WATER 4.07 28.55 JAMES CITY 2.12 30.63 JOHN H. KERR DAM/MECKLENBURG 3.29 24.26 KILMARNOCK/NORTHUMBERLAND 2.54 26.66 LAWRENCEVILLE/BRUNSWICK 3.40 28.93 LOUISA/LOUISA 2.05 28.60 MATHEWS 3.08 33.44 MILFORD HAVEN C.G./MATHEWS 5.20 27.19 NEWPORT NEWS-PATRICK HENRY AIRPORT 2.65 NORFOLK-AIRPORT 6.69 35.24 NORFOLK-SOUTH (CO-OP) 7.69 39.57 NORTH/MATHEWS 3.21 29.61 PAINTER/ACCOMACK 2.10 28.23 PALMYRA/FLUVANNA 2.11 25.22 PAMPLIN CITY/PRINCE EDWARD 2.16 23.98 PETERSBURG 1.93 28.59 PORTSMOUTH 5.18 34.11 POWHATAN/POWHATAN 2.48 26.12 PUNGO/VIRGINIA BEACH 3.43 REEDVILLE/NORTHUMBERLAND 2.79 30.81 RICHMOND AIRPORT/HENRICO 2.88 23.95 RUTHER GLEN/CAROLINE 1.95 23.51 SANDSTON/HENRICO 3.54 27.53 SMITHFIELD/ISLE OF WIGHT 4.18 STONY CREEK/SUSSEX 5.11 34.64 SUFFOLK-LAKE KILBY 3.77 35.13 VIRGINIA BEACH-BACK BAY NWR 7.91 45.34 WAKEFIELD/SUSSEX 3.85 34.47 WALKERTON/KING AND QUEEN 2.12 21.30 WALLOPS ISLAND/ACCOMACK 1.45 25.89 WARSAW/RICHMOND 2.01 24.20 WEST POINT/KING WILLIAM 3.19 24.23 WILLIAMSBURG CO-OP 3.28 28.19 WINTERPOCK/CHESTERFIELD 2.87 24.96 YORKTOWN 2.12 30.00 IN NORTH CAROLINA... EDENTON/CHOWAN 1.71 35.94 ELIZABETH CITY C.G./PASQUOTANK 2.74 41.66 ELIZABETH CITY WTP/PASQUOTANK 4.66 HARVEY POINT/PERQUIMANS 3.11 JACKSON/NORTHAMPTON 3.80 30.51 LEWISTON/BERTIE 4.86 30.43 MURFREESBORO/HERTFORD 4.74 33.44 IN MARYLAND... ASSATEAGUE ISLAND/WORCESTER 2.37 30.10 CRISFIELD C.G./SOMERSET 1.54 27.78 PRINCESS ANNE/SOMERSET 2.45 SALISBURY AIRPORT/WICOMICO 8.74 31.72 SALISBURY-COOP/WICOMICO 5.32 22.53 SALISBURY-STATE POLICE/WICOMICO 7.22 31.11 SNOW HILL/WORCESTER 15.66 40.29 VIENNA/DORCHESTER 3.95 ...NARRATIVE SUMMARY... SEPTEMBER'S PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...VARIED WIDELY WITHIN EACH REGION. RECORD DAILY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OCCURRED ON THE 1ST IN MARYLAND...DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT DEVELOPED OFF THE DELMARVA COAST...AROUND THE 16TH IN VIRGINIA...DUE TO TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV...AND BETWEEN THE 25TH TO 27TH AT SEVERAL PLACES IN VIRGINIA...DUE TO THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ISIDORE. SEPTEMBER 2002 PRECIPITATION TOTALS RANGED FROM 1.45 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AT WALLOPS ISLAND (ACCOMACK)... VIRGINIA...TO 15.66 INCHES AT SNOW HILL (WORCESTER)...MARYLAND. 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. $$ SJF