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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
530 PM EDT WED APR 30 2008

...RECORD LOWS SET FOR NORTH MYRTLE BEACH AND FLORENCE SC...

UNUSUALLY CHILLY TEMPERATURES GREETED US WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE COMBINATION OF A CLEAR SKY AND LIGHT WINDS PROVIDED IDEAL
CONDITIONS FOR OPTIMAL COOLING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  LOWS WERE GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 30S TO
LOWER 40S.  CLOSER TO THE BEACH...TEMPERATURES ONLY DROPPED
BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 40S.  THE USUAL COLD SPOT WAS THE BACK
ISLAND RAWS (FIRE WEATHER) STATION LOCATED TO THE EAST OF BURGAW
IN THE HOLLY SHELTER SWAMP AREA OF PENDER COUNTY.  THIS LOCATION
DROPPED DOWN TO 32. DESPITE THE CHILLY TEMPERATURES...WE
RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF FROST. THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE WARM
SOIL TEMPERATURES WHICH WERE IN THE 60S.

AS FAR AS RECORDS GO....NORTH MYRTLE BEACH SC BROKE THE OLD RECORD
LOW OF 42 SET LAST IN 2006 BY DROPPING TO 41.  FLORENCE SC BROKE
THE OLD RECORD LOW OF 42 SET IN 1961 BY DROPPING TO 41. WILMINGTON
NC FELL SHORT BY 1 DEGREE OF THE RECORD LOW OF 41 THAT WAS SET IN
2006.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF UNOFFICIAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE REPORTS
FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE REPORTS WERE GATHERED FROM NWS AND
FAA AIRPORT OBS (AWOS/ASOS)...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...FIRE WEATHER
(RAWS) OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FOREST SERVICE...AND VOLUNTEER
OBSERVATIONS (MESONET).


**********************MINIMUM TEMPERATURES**********************

* DENOTES RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE

LOCATION              MORNING LOW     COMMENTS



NORTH CAROLINA

...BLADEN COUNTY...
   TURNBULL CREEK         36          RAWS
   ELIZABETHTOWN          43          AWOS (AIRPORT)


...BRUNSWICK COUNTY...
   LONGWOOD               38          COOP
   WINNABOW               38          MESONET
   SUPPLY                 39          RAWS
   SOUTHPORT              41          AWOS (AIRPORT)

...COLUMBUS COUNTY...
   WHITEVILLE             38          RAWS
   WHITEVILLE             41          AWOS (AIRPORT)

...NEW HANOVER COUNTY
   WILMINGTON 7N          38          COOP
   WILMINGTON             41          ASOS (AIRPORT)
   MASONBORO ISLAND       43          NERRS
   WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH     45          NOAA NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE

...PENDER COUNTY...
   BACK ISLAND            32          RAWS (HOLLY SHELTER)
   BURGAW 4E              38          COOP
   MOORES CREEK NB        38          COOP
   SURF CITY              38          COOP

...ROBESON COUNTY...
   ORRUM                  37          COOP (LUMBER RIVER SP)
   LUMBERTON              39          ASOS (AIRPORT)


SOUTH CAROLINA

...DARLINGTON COUNTY...
   HARTSVILLE             38          COOP
   DARLINGTON             39          AWOS (AIRPORT)

...DILLON COUNTY...
   DILLON                 39          COOP

...FLORENCE COUNTY...
   FLORENCE 8NE           38          COOP
   LAKE CITY              40          MESONET
   EFFINGHAM              41          COOP
   FLORENCE               41*         ASOS (AIRPORT)
   QUINBY                 44          MESONET

...GEORGETOWN COUNTY...
   GEORGETOWN             42          COOP (AIRPORT

...HORRY COUNTY...
   LORIS                  38          MESONET
   CONWAY                 40          MESONET
   NORTH MYRTLE BEACH     41*         ASOS (AIRPORT)
   MYRTLE BEACH           41          COOP
   MYRTLE BEACH           43          ASOS (AIRPORT)

...MARION COUNTY...
   MULLINS                41          COOP

...MARLBORO COUNTY...
   BENNETTSVILLE 1N       37          COOP
   BENNETTSVILLE          37          MESONET

...WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY...
   HEMINGWAY 8ESE         39          COOP

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