PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1053 AM EDT TUE SEP 8 2009

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...LABOR DAY HEAVY RAIN EVENT STORM TOTALS...

A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST
BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS TO COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM
EARLY LABOR DAY MONDAY MORNING TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL GENERALLY ALONG AND JUST INLAND FROM THE
COAST IN ONSLOW AND CARTERET COUNTIES TO THE OUTER BANKS PORTION
OF DARE COUNTY.

HERE ARE SOME RAINFALL TOTALS. THESE ARE MAINLY FROM LOCAL
OBSERVERS AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED UNOFFICIAL.

SMYRNA......................10.36 INCHES
SNEADS FERRY.................8.00 INCHES
HARKERS ISLAND...............7.16 INCHES
NATL WEATHER SVC NEWPORT.....6.91 INCHES (OFFICIAL)
CAPE HATTERAS................6.82 INCHES (OFFICIAL)
BEAUFORT.....................6.40 INCHES (OFFICIAL)
NEWPORT......................6.29 INCHES
MOREHEAD CITY............... 6.22 INCHES
CAMP LEJEUNE.................5.16 INCHES
MOREHEAD CITY................5.16 INCHES
MOREHEAD CITY................5.12 INCHES
NEWPORT......................5.07 INCHES
HAVELOCK.....................3.12 INCHES
ORIENTAL.....................2.48 INCHES
NEW BERN.....................2.45 INCHES (OFFICIAL)
BAYBORO......................2.33 INCHES
JAMES CITY...................2.12 INCHES
KILL DEVIL HILLS.............1.90 INCHES

FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ONSLOW COUNTY...IN SNEADS FERRY...HOLLY
RIDGE AND NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN DOWN EAST
CARTERET COUNTY WHICH RESULTED IN A TWO HOUR SCHOOL DELAY THIS
MORNING.

THE LOW THAT BROUGHT THE RAIN WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE COAST TODAY
WITH A DRYING TREND EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.