PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
830 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005

...THREE DAY STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AND PEAK WIND GUSTS...

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS 
FROM OBSERVATION SITES ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM 
8:00 AM THU OCT 06 THROUGH 8:00 PM SAT OCT 08 2005. 

SITE                                         RAINFALL    
-------------------------PRECIPITATION-----------------------------
NEW BERN (KEWN)..............................10.79"
NEWPORT (MHX)................................8.48" 
MOREHEAD CITY................................6.77" *
BEAUFORT (KMRH)..............................6.74"
CHERRY POINT (KNKT)..........................6.23"
NEW RIVER MCAS (KNCA)........................5.94" **
CAPE HATTERAS (KHSE).........................2.31"


* UNOFFICIAL SITE.
** RAINFALL DATA MISSING FROM 8PM FRI OCT 07 TO 8AM SAT OCT 08.

RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF 
ONSLOW...JONES...CARTERET...CRAVEN AND BEAUFORT COUNTES. RAINFALL 
TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10" TO 
12" ARE LIKELY IN THESE LOCATIONS.

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL PEAK WIND GUSTS FROM OBSERVATION 
SITES ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ON SAT OCT 08 2005.

SITE                          MPH                        TIME       
---------------------------WIND GUSTS------------------------------
ALLIGATOR RIVER BRIDGE........65                         205 PM   
CAPE LOOKOUT (CLKN7)..........51                         100 PM   
BUOY 41025....................49                         200 PM   
CAPE HATTERAS (KHSE)..........46                        1251 PM  
MANTEO (KMQI).................46                         223 PM   
BUOY 41035....................45                        1000 AM  
BEAUFORT (KMRH)...............40                        1208 PM