000 NOUS42 KILM 261634 PNSILM NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-271300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1235 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN BEFORE 830 AM FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26 FROM THE EXTRATROPICAL LOW THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ON SEPTEMBER 25 AND 26, 2008. THERE MAY BE FURTHER UPDATES IF ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS COME IN. THESE REPORTS WERE GATHERED...FROM ASOS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ...NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE...NATIONAL BUOY CENTER...MESONET... COCORAHS OBSERVERS...AND RAWS SITES. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM. ********************STORM TOTAL RAINFALL******************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS RAINFALL OF (INCHES) MEASUREMENT NORTH CAROLINA ...BLADEN COUNTY... TURNBULL CREEK 2.66 800 AM 9/26 RAWS ELIZABETHTOWN 1.68 800 AM 9/26 COOP EAST ARCADIA 1.70 800 AM 9/26 COOP CAPE FEAR L&D1 1.91 800 AM 9/26 COOP ...BRUNSWICK COUNTY... LONGWOOD 3.00 800 AM 9/26 COOP SUPPLY 2.82 800 AM 9/26 RAWS SUNNY POINT 2.55 800 AM 9/26 RAWS HOLDEN BEACH 2.82 800 AM 9/26 RAWS NATURE CONSERVANCY ST JAMES PLANTATION 2.98 800 AM 9/26 MESONET SOUTHPORT 2.25 800 AM 9/26 MESONET VARNAMTOWN 2.38 800 AM 9/26 MESONET OAK ISLAND WEST END 1.61 800 AM 9/26 MESONET WINNABOW 2.31 800 AM 9/26 MESONET SUNSET BEACH 1.7WNW 2.46 800 AM 9/26 COCORAHS LELAND 5.7WSW 3.98 800 AM 9/26 COCORAHS LELAND 2S 3.24 800 AM 9/26 NWS EMPLOYEE HOLDEN BEACH 2.3E 3.38 800 AM 9/26 COCORAHS SHALLOTTE 4.2SSW 1.00 800 AM 9/26 COCORAHS SUNSET BEACH 2.9NNE 2.64 800 AM 9/26 COCORAHS LONG BEACH 2.9NE 2.80 800 AM 9/26 COCORAHS ...COLUMBUS COUNTY... WHITEVILLE 0.3SE 1.76 700 AM 9/26 COCORAHS WHITEVILLE 5S 2.23 800 AM 9/26 COOP WHITEVILLE 7NW 1.77 800 AM 9/26 RAWS WHITEVILLE 6.3NNW 1.27 830 AM 9/26 COCORAHS ...NEW HANOVER COUNTY... WILMINGTON 4.13 800 AM 9/26 ASOS (AIRPORT) WILMINGTON 4.47 800 AM 9/26 NWS OFFICE MURRAYVILLE 1SSE 3.32 800 AM 9/26 ALAMOSA PLACE OGDEN 3.23 800 AM 9/26 MESONET OGDEN 2W 4.11 800 AM 9/26 OLD WELL LOOP RD. OGDEN 2WNW 3.49 800 AM 9/26 MIDDLE SOUND LOOP RD. WILMINGTON 3.58 800 AM 9/26 KINGS GRANT NWS EMPLOYEE WILMINGTON 7SE 2.78 800 AM 9/26 COOP MASONBORO ISLAND 2.29 800 AM 9/26 NERR MASONSBORO 1ENE 2.73 800 AM 9/26 NWS EMPLOYEE SILVER LAKE 1.3NE 1.80 800 AM 9/26 COCORAHS ...PENDER COUNTY... BACK ISLAND 3.45 800 AM 9/26 RAWS BURGAW 4E 2.30 800 AM 9/26 COOP SURF CITY 2.65 800 AM 9/26 COOP BURGAW 2.67 800 AM 9/26 EDGEWOOD WATHA 1.58 800 AM 9/26 SKYWARN WATHA 1.86 800 AM 9/26 EMS STATION ROCKY POINT 2.68 800 AM 9/26 EMS HQ HAMPSTEAD 3.98 800 AM 9/26 EMS STATION MOORES CREEK 2.32 800 AM 9/26 COOP TOPSAIL ISLAND 2.99 800 AM 9/26 BORYK CANAL NEW TOPSAIL BEACH 2.28 800 AM 9/26 TOPSAIL BEACH 3.05 800 AM 9/26 FIRE STATION ...ROBESON COUNTY... LUMBERTON 1.65 800 AM 9/26 ASOS (AIRPORT) LUMBER RIVER STATE PK 1.90 1000 AM 9/26 COOP SOUTH CAROLINA ...MARLBORO COUNTY... BENNETTSVILLE 1N 1.18 800 AM 9/26 COOP BENNETTSVILLE 1.41 800 AM 9/26 COOP ...DARLINGTON COUNTY... PEE DEE RESEARCH CTR 2.00 800 AM 9/26 COOP DARLINGTON 1.74 800 AM 9/26 COOP HARTSVILLE 1.00 800 AM 9/26 COOP ...DILLON COUNTY... DILLON 1.65 800 AM 9/26 COOP ...FLORENCE COUNTY... FLORENCE 1.87 800 AM 9/26 ASOS (AIRPORT) LAKE CITY 0.96 800 AM 9/26 COOP QUINBY 0.59 800 AM 9/26 COOP ...GEORGETOWN COUNTY... HEMINGWAY 8ESE 1.26 800 AM 9/26 COOP GEORGETOWN AIRPORT 1.98 800 AM 9/26 COOP ANDREWS 1.60 800 AM 9/26 COOP WEDGEFIELD 1.47 800 AM 9/26 MESONET BRAUCH CENTER 1.86 800 AM 9/26 NERR ...HORRY COUNTY... GALIVANTS FERRY 2.18 800 AM 9/26 COOP CRABTREE SWAMP 1.76 800 AM 9/26 LONG AVENUE IN CONWAY GREEN SEA 1ENE 1.71 800 AM 9/26 MESONET MYRTLE BEACH 2.40 800 AM 9/26 COOP CONWAY 1.54 800 AM 9/26 COOP NORTH MYRTLE BEACH 1.88 800 AM 9/26 ASOS (AIRPORT) CONWAY 4SE 1.54 800 AM 9/26 COASTAL CAROLINA U. LORIS 6NNW 1.78 800 AM 9/26 COOP LORIS 1.87 800 AM 9/26 FOX BAY CONWAY 4NNE 1.63 800 AM 9/26 MESONET SOCASTEE 1.49 800 AM 9/26 MESONET MYRTLE BEACH 1.12 800 AM 9/26 HUNTERS RIDGE MYRTLE BEACH 1.81 800 AM 9/26 CAROLINA FOREST MYRTLE BEACH 1.28 800 AM 9/26 PALMETTO POINT MYRTLE BEACH 1.78 800 AM 9/26 NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH MYRTLE BEACH 1.46 800 AM 9/26 PRESTWICK ...MARION COUNTY... MARION 2.10 800 AM 9/26 COOP MULLINS 2.17 800 AM 9/26 COOP ...WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY... CADES 0.74 800 AM 9/26 COOP GREELEYVILLE 5N 0.88 800 AM 9/26 COOP ***********************PEAK WIND GUST*********************** LOCATION PEAK WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS GUST OF (MPH) MEASUREMENT NORTH CAROLINA ...BRUNSWICK COUNTY... HOLDEN BEACH 40 444 PM 9/25 RAWS NATURE CONSERVANCY SOUTHPORT 40 853 PM 9/25 VARNAMTOWN 42 913 PM 9/25 RIVER RUN PLANTATION OAK ISLAND 49 949 PM 9/25 WEST END OF ISLAND BALD HEAD ISLAND 58 746 AM 9/25 WEST BEACH ...NEW HANOVER COUNTY... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH 53 936 AM 9/25 JOHNNY MERCER PIER WATER LEVEL PEAKED 7.38 FEET ABOVE MLLW AT 448 PM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 42 MPH AT 442 PM. WILMINGTON 41 810 AM 9/25 ASOS (AIRPORT) SUSTAINED WIND OF 30 MPH OCCURRED AT 629 PM. MASONBORO ISLAND 47 1212 PM 9/25 NERR WILMINGTON 1S 45 423 AM 9/26 NC STATE PORT CAROLINA BEACH 48 833 AM 9/25 MESONET ...PENDER COUNTY... TOPSAIL ISLAND 40 810 AM 9/25 BORKY CANAL TOPSAIL BEACH 41 1030 AM 9/25 FIRE DEPARTMENT ...ROBESON COUNTY... LUMBERTON 43 408 PM 9/25 ASOS (AIRPORT) SUSTAINED WIND OF 30 MPH OCCURRED AT 1136 PM. SOUTH CAROLINA ...HORRY COUNTY... MYRTLE BEACH 44 1018 PM 9/25 SPRINGMAID PIER WATER LEVEL PEAKED AT 7.09 FEET ABOVE MLLW AT 4 PM 9/25. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 32 MPH AT 224 AM 9/26. SURFSIDE BEACH 45 549 PM 9/25 NORTH MYRTLE BEACH 46 1110 PM 9/25 ASOS (AIRPORT) SUSTAINED WIND OF 31 MPH OCCURRED AT 1239 AM 9/26. ...FLORENCE COUNTY... FLORENCE 43 259 AM 9/26 ASOS (AIRPORT) SUSTAINED WIND OF 31 MPH OCCURRED AT 1110 PM 9/25. ...GEORGETOWN COUNTY... BARUCH CENTER 34 813 AM 9/25 NERR THE FOLLOWING ARE OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 36 HOURS FOR THE EXTRATROPICAL LOW THAT MOVE ONSHORE SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA ON SEPTEMBER 25 AND 26 2008. THE DATA WAS COLLECTED FROM THE NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER (WWW.NDBC.NOAA.GOV) AND NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE. *****************************PEAK WINDS******************** LOCATION PEAK WIND TIME PEAK SEAS TIME GUST (MPH) (FT) BUOY ID 41013 62.1 840 AM 9/25 15 1050 AM 9/25 (FRYING PAN) 15 550 PM 9/25 41038 47.0 100 PM 9/25 12 920 PM 9/25 (5 SE OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH) $$ HAWKINS/TRA/HDL