PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT National Weather Service WILMINGTON NC 1005 AM EDT Sun Sep 16 2018 ...WILMINGTON HAS BROKEN ITS ALL-TIME ANNUAL RAINFALL RECORD AND IS EXPERIENCING ITS WETTEST WEATHER EVENT IN HISTORY... As of 9:00 AM this morning, annual rainfall in Wilmington, North Carolina totals 86.79 inches. This breaks the previous annual record of 83.65 inches set during 1877. Hurricane Florence has dropped 23.59 inches in Wilmington so far. This breaks the record for the wettest single weather event in the city`s history. The previous record was set during a significant flood event in late September 2010 at 22.54 inches. The previous record rainfall due to a named tropical system was Hurricane Floyd at 19.06 inches in September 1999. Since there are over three months remaining in the year, it is possible the annual rainfall total will end up over 100 inches in Wilmington. $$ TRA =================== PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT National Weather Service WILMINGTON NC 933 AM EDT Sun Sep 16 2018 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 72 hours for Hurricane Florence. Appreciation is extended to highway departments, cooperative observers, Skywarn spotters and media for these reports. This summary also is available on our home page at weather.gov/ilm. Please note the time of the observation as some of our reporting stations lost power during the storm and are not currently reporting. ********************STORM TOTAL RAINFALL******************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS RAINFALL OF /INCHES/ MEASUREMENT NORTH CAROLINA ...Bladen County... 4 NNE Elizabethtown 17.72 818 AM 9/16 RAWS 2 NE East Arcadia 7.72 745 AM 9/15 HADS ...Brunswick County... 4 NNW Supply 21.92 818 AM 9/16 RAWS 4 ESE Boiling Spring 21.04 818 AM 9/16 RAWS Yaupon Beach 17.38 700 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS Long Beach 14.03 100 PM 9/15 CoCoRaHS 1 SE Supply 10.30 700 AM 9/15 CoCoRaHS ...Columbus County... 4 SW Bolton 14.47 712 AM 9/16 RAWS 1 WNW Whiteville 12.34 818 AM 9/16 RAWS 1 NNW Chadbourn 6.67 700 AM 9/15 CoCoRaHS ...New Hanover County... Wilmington NWS 21.61 800 AM 9/16 NWS 1 NNW Masonboro 8.06 600 AM 9/15 CoCoRaHS ...Pender County... 9 S Maple Hill 16.37 818 AM 9/16 RAWS ...Robeson County... Lumberton 21.51 700 AM 9/16 Co-Op Observer 4 WSW Lumberton 15.57 814 AM 9/16 RAWS Lumber River At Stat 15.38 800 AM 9/16 GOES Lumber River St Park 11.69 800 AM 9/16 Co-Op Observer 1 S Barker Ten Mile 10.92 700 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS 3 NE Orrum 9.76 700 AM 9/15 CoCoRaHS SOUTH CAROLINA ...Darlington County... Darlington 8.02 800 AM 9/16 Co-Op Observer 1 NW Hartsville 7.63 700 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS Hartsville 7.13 700 AM 9/16 Co-Op Observer 5 ESE Bethune 4.42 806 AM 9/16 CWOP 5 NNE Timmonsville 3.66 700 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS ...Florence County... 1 NW Quinby 6.47 800 AM 9/16 HADS 1 ENE Quinby 5.81 814 AM 9/16 CWOP 2 WSW Florence 3.91 818 AM 9/16 CWOP 3 ENE Timmonsville 3.57 815 AM 9/16 CWOP Florence Regional Ai 3.42 753 AM 9/16 ASOS ...Georgetown County... 1 WNW PAWLEY``S ISLA 7.82 700 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS Litchfield Beach 7.79 825 AM 9/16 CWOP 4 SW Pawley`s Islan 6.41 817 AM 9/16 CWOP Georgetown County Ai 6.14 630 AM 9/16 Co-Op Observer 1 WSW Litchfield Bea 2.70 700 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS Andrews 1.65 700 AM 9/16 Co-Op Observer 1 W Pawley``s Island 1.60 700 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS ...Horry County... 1 NE Conway 10.10 800 AM 9/16 HADS 3 WSW Briarcliffe Ac 9.80 803 AM 9/16 AWS 5 ENE Red Hill 9.21 556 AM 9/16 CWOP 3 E Red Hill 8.03 817 AM 9/16 CWOP Galivants Ferry 7.95 800 AM 9/16 HADS Myrtle Beach 7.26 640 AM 9/16 Co-Op Observer 1 NE Allsbrook 5.26 700 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS Waccamaw River Above 5.15 730 AM 9/16 GOES Buck Creek Near Long 4.35 715 AM 9/16 GOES 6 SW Bayboro 4.13 759 AM 9/16 RAWS Grand Strand Airport 3.00 753 AM 9/16 ASOS 2 NNE Surfside Beach 2.54 700 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS Myrtle Beach Interna 1.99 756 AM 9/16 AWOS ...Marion County... 3 E Marion 13.30 807 AM 9/16 RAWS ...Marlboro County... Pee Dee River Near B 11.29 815 AM 9/16 GOES Bennettsville 5.82 816 AM 9/15 CWOP ...Williamsburg County... 7 SW Hebron 6.25 800 AM 9/16 CoCoRaHS 4 W Cades 4.11 700 AM 9/16 Co-Op Observer &&