PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1030 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL UPDATED TOTALS... TROPICAL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW AND A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY PRODUCED WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE FOLLOWING ARE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL REPORTS AS OF 8 AM THIS MORNING FROM THIS MAJOR RAIN EVENT. LOCATION STORM COMMENTS TOTAL NORTH CAROLINA ...BLADEN COUNTY... ELIZABETHTOWN 9.00 CO-OP OBSERVER WM O HUSKE L D 7.53 LARC CAPE FEAR LD1 11.48 LARC ...BRUNSWICK COUNTY... LONGWOOD 8.52 CO-OP OBSERVER ...COLUMBUS COUNTY... WHITEVILLE 7 NW 9.85 CO-OP OBSERVER WHITEVILLE 5S 8.07 CO-OP OBSERVER ...NEW HANOVER COUNTY... WILMINGTON AIRPORT 22.54 ASOS WILMINGTON 23.36 NWS OFFICE WILMINGTON 7SE 19.85 CO-OP OBSERVER OGDEN 20.62 NWS EMPLOYEE OGDEN 14.89 NWS EMPLOYEE MASONBORO LOOP RD 17.85 NWS EMPLOYEE WILMINGTON 4SSE 22.04 NWS EMPLOYEE/COCORAHS ...PENDER COUNTY... BURGAW 4E 10.40 CO-OP OBSERVER MOORES CREEK NB 14.07 CO-OP OBSERVER SURF CITY 20.55 CO-OP OBSERVER ...ROBESON COUNTY... LUMBERTON 7.79 ASOS LUMBER RIVER SP 7.38 CO-OP OBSERVER LUMBERTON 3SE 5.73 CO-OP OBSERVER RED SPRINGS 9.90 CO-OP OBSERVER SOUTH CAROLINA ...DARLINGTON COUNTY... DARLINGTON 6.50 CO-OP OBSERVER HARTSVILLE 4.77 CO-OP OBSERVER ...GEORGETOWN COUNTY... ANDREWS 9.80 CO-OP OBSERVER GEORGETOWN COUNTY AIRPORT 9.44 CO-OP OBSERVER ...HORRY COUNTY... LORIS 8.75 CO-OP OBSERVER CRABTREE SWAMP 9.65 LARC GALIVANTS FERRY 8.60 LARC NORTH MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT 8.14 ASOS CONWAY 10.20 CO-OP OBSERVER ...MARION COUNTY... MULLINS 8.91 CO-OP OBSERVER MARION 8.46 CO-OP OBSERVER ...MARLBORO COUNTY... PD NR BENNETTSVILLE 7.16 CO-OP OBSERVER BENNETTSVILLE 9.98 CO-OP OBSERVER ...FLORENCE COUNTY... QUINBY 8.86 LARC FLORENCE AIRPORT 7.71 ASOS LAKE CITY 5.83 CO-OP OBSERVER ...WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY... CADES 6.65 CO-OP OBSERVER KINGSTREE 8.74 LARC $$ ===== PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 740 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...HIGHEST 3, 4, AND 5 DAY RAIN TOTALS IN WILMINGTON HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1871... ...SECOND WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD... EXTRAORDINARY RECENT RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BROKEN SOME RECORDS ESTABLISHED BY HURRICANE FLOYD IN 1999. THIS RAINFALL EVENT CANNOT BE TIED EXCLUSIVELY TO A SINGLE WEATHER SYSTEM ALTHOUGH MOISTURE FROM FORMER TROPICAL STORM NICOLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED...AS HAS A COLD FRONT AND A PERSISTENT STREAM OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE CARIBBEAN. HERE IS HOW WILMINGTON`S RECENT RAINFALL FITS INTO THE HISTORIC CLIMATE RECORD. OBSERVED DAILY RAINFALL TOTALS... SUNDAY SEP 26 0.59 INCHES MONDAY SEP 27 10.33 INCHES TUESDAY SEP 28 1.96 INCHES WEDNESDAY SEP 29 7.37 INCHES THURSDAY SEP 30 2.29 INCHES...THROUGH 735 PM 1-DAY ALL-TIME RECORDS... #1 13.38 INCHES 9/15/1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #2 10.33 INCHES 9/27/2010 #3 9.56 INCHES 8/31/2006 (TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO) #4 9.52 INCHES 9/29/1938 #5 8.04 INCHES 8/18/1879 ("GREAT BEAUFORT HURRICANE") 2-DAY ALL-TIME RECORDS... #1 17.71 INCHES 9/15 & 9/16 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #2 14.73 INCHES 9/14 & 9/15 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #3 12.29 INCHES 9/27 & 9/28 2010 (MONDAY/TUESDAY`S EVENT) #4 11.87 INCHES 10/7 & 10/8 2005 (TROPICAL STORM TAMMY) #5 11.54 INCHES 7/7 & 7/8 1950 3-DAY ALL-TIME RECORDS... #1 19.66 INCHES 9/27 - 9/29 2010 #2 19.06 INCHES 9/14 - 9/16 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #3 17.71 INCHES 9/15 - 9/17 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #4 14.73 INCHES 9/13 - 9/15 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #5 13.44 INCHES 9/11 - 9/13 1984 (HURRICANE DIANA) 4-DAY ALL-TIME RECORDS... #1 21.95 INCHES 9/27 - 9/30 2010...THROUGH 735 PM #2 20.25 INCHES 9/26 - 9/29 2010 #3 19.06 INCHES 9/14 - 9/17 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #4 19.06 INCHES 9/13 - 9/16 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #5 17.71 INCHES 9/15 - 9/18 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) 5-DAY ALL-TIME RECORDS... #1 22.54 INCHES 9/26 - 9/30 2010...THROUGH 735 PM #2 20.66 INCHES 9/26 - 9/29 2010 #3 19.06 INCHES 9/14 - 9/18 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #3 19.06 INCHES 9/13 - 9/17 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) #3 19.06 INCHES 9/12 - 9/16 1999 (HURRICANE FLOYD) SEPTEMBER MONTHLY RAINFALL RECORDS... #1 23.41 INCHES 1999 (HURRICANES DENNIS & FLOYD) #2 22.72 INCHES 2010...THROUGH 735 PM #3 20.10 INCHES 1877 ("HURRICANE FOUR") #4 18.94 INCHES 1984 (HURRICANE DIANA) #5 16.93 INCHES 1924 ("HURRICANE FIVE" AND "TROP STORM EIGHT") $$