PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT National Weather Service WILMINGTON NC 839 AM EDT Fri Sep 14 2018 ...WILMINGTON HAS EXPERIENCED ITS HIGHEST WIND GUSTS SINCE 1958... Wind gusts at the Wilmington International Airport reached 105 mph in the eyewall of Hurricane Florence this morning. This the highest wind gust measured since Hurricane Helene struck the Port City on September 27, 1958. Peak Wind Gusts Date Storm 105 mph 9/14/2018 Hurricane Florence 66 mph 8/27/2011 Hurricane Irene 86 mph 9/16/1999 Hurricane Floyd 74 mph 8/26/1998 Hurricane Bonnie 86 mph 9/5/1996 Hurricane Fran 70 mph 7/12/1996 Hurricane Bertha 74 mph 9/13/1984 Hurricane Diana 97 mph 9/11/1960 Hurricane Donna 135 mph 9/27/1958 Hurricane Helene 83 mph 8/12/1955 Hurricane Connie 98 mph 10/15/1954 Hurricane Hazel The barometric pressure at the Wilmington airport reached 28.51 inches, or 965.5 millibars, now the fourth lowest pressure ever measured in Wilmington. Lowest Pressure Date Storm 959.7 millibars 9/16/1999 Hurricane Floyd 961.4 millibars 9/5/1996 Hurricane Fran 962.1 millibars 9/11/1960 Hurricane Donna 965.5 millibars 9/14/2018 Hurricane Florence 969.9 millibars 8/26/1998 Hurricane Bonnie At Wrightsville Beach, the National Ocean Service gauge on Johnnie Mercer Pier measured a pressure of 28.33 inches, or 959.2 millibars as Hurricane Florence came ashore. $$ TRA ========================= PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT National Weather Service WILMINGTON NC 806 AM EDT Sat Sep 15 2018 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 48 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. ***********************PEAK WIND GUST*********************** LOCATION MAX WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS GUST OF MPH MEASUREMENT NORTH CAROLINA ...Bladen County... 4 NNE Elizabethtown 41 618 AM 9/15 RAWS ...Brunswick County... Oak Island 51 1135 PM 9/13 AWOS 1 ESE Long Beach 48 342 AM 9/15 WXFLOW 3 SSE Shallotte 42 527 AM 9/14 CWOP 4 SSW Bolivia 41 330 AM 9/14 CWOP 3 ENE Ocean Isle Bea 39 246 AM 9/14 CWOP 4 ESE Boiling Spring 37 618 AM 9/15 RAWS 1 NNE Calabash 32 628 AM 9/14 CWOP 4 NNW Supply 31 618 AM 9/15 RAWS ...Columbus County... Whiteville 38 620 AM 9/14 AWOS 4 SW Bolton 38 512 PM 9/14 RAWS 1 WNW Whiteville 33 618 AM 9/15 RAWS ...New Hanover County... Wilmington Airport 105 700 AM 9/14 ASOS 2 SW Kure Beach 55 437 AM 9/15 WXFLOW 1 ESE Masonboro 36 545 AM 9/15 NERRS ...Pender County... 1 NW Surf City 66 544 AM 9/14 CWOP 9 S Maple Hill 41 618 AM 9/15 RAWS ...Robeson County... Lumberton Municipal 69 435 PM 9/14 ASOS 4 WSW Lumberton 41 414 AM 9/15 RAWS 1 SE Pembroke 37 901 AM 9/14 CWOP SOUTH CAROLINA ...Darlington County... Darlington 46 509 AM 9/15 AWOS Hartsville 41 415 AM 9/15 AWOS 5 ESE Bethune 36 534 AM 9/15 CWOP ...Florence County... Florence Regional Ai 44 408 AM 9/15 ASOS 1 ENE Quinby 33 126 AM 9/15 CWOP 3 ENE Timmonsville 32 500 PM 9/14 CWOP 2 WSW Florence 32 1151 PM 9/14 CWOP ...Georgetown County... 1 ENE Georgetown 36 233 AM 9/15 WXFLOW Georgetown 33 515 AM 9/15 AWOS Litchfield Beach 31 500 PM 9/14 CWOP ...Horry County... Little River 56 758 AM 9/14 CWOP 5 N Conway 53 210 PM 9/14 CWOP North Myrtle Beach 48 848 AM 9/14 CWOP 1 ENE Loris 46 410 PM 9/14 CWOP 6 SW Bayboro 40 1059 PM 9/14 RAWS Grand Strand Airport 40 439 AM 9/15 ASOS 3 E Red Hill 37 137 AM 9/15 CWOP 4 ESE Aynor 37 1043 AM 9/14 CWOP Myrtle Beach Interna 36 529 AM 9/15 AWOS 5 ENE Red Hill 36 822 PM 9/14 CWOP 1 ENE Surfside Beach 34 248 AM 9/15 CWOP Green Sea 32 1207 AM 9/14 CWOP 3 W Conway 32 115 AM 9/15 AWOS 1 WSW Briarcliffe Ac 31 1247 AM 9/15 WXFLOW ...Marion County... 4 E Marion 60 735 PM 9/14 AWOS 3 E Marion 38 307 AM 9/15 RAWS ...Marlboro County... 3 WSW Bennettsville 41 1115 AM 9/14 AWOS Bennettsville 35 440 AM 9/15 CWOP ...Williamsburg County... 4 NNW Kingstree 32 415 AM 9/15 AWOS ********************STORM TOTAL RAINFALL******************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS RAINFALL OF /INCHES/ MEASUREMENT NORTH CAROLINA ...Bladen County... 4 NNE Elizabethtown 8.18 118 AM 9/15 RAWS 2 NE East Arcadia 3.60 145 AM 9/15 HADS 2 NE Dublin 1.14 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS Raingage At William 0.01 730 AM 9/14 GOES ...Brunswick County... 4 NNW Supply 10.26 118 AM 9/15 RAWS 1 SE Supply 8.74 1215 PM 9/14 CoCoRaHS Longwood 7.60 745 AM 9/15 Skywarn Spotter 4 ESE Boiling Spring 7.29 118 AM 9/15 RAWS 3 SSW Leland 5.02 1115 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS Yaupon Beach 3.51 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS Long Beach 2.93 730 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS 1 WNW Sunset Beach 0.66 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS Longwood 1nw 0.50 730 AM 9/14 Co-Op Observer ...Columbus County... 4 SW Bolton 8.41 112 AM 9/15 RAWS 1 WNW Whiteville 4.45 118 AM 9/15 RAWS 4 NNE Chadbourn 0.27 800 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS ...New Hanover County... Ogden 3.25 730 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS Wilmington; Nc 3.21 153 PM 9/14 ASOS ...Pender County... 9 S Maple Hill 4.89 118 AM 9/15 RAWS 4 W Hampstead 4.33 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS 3 E Saint Helena 2.80 750 PM 9/14 CoCoRaHS ...Robeson County... Lumberton Water Plant 6.50 715 AM 9/15 Co-Op Observer 4 WSW Lumberton 4.57 114 AM 9/15 RAWS Lumber River At Stat 3.58 120 AM 9/15 GOES Lumberton Municipal 1.26 154 PM 9/14 ASOS 3 NE Orrum 1.01 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS 1 S Barker Ten Mile 0.53 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS Lumberton 0.40 700 AM 9/14 Co-Op Observer 1 SE Pembroke 0.30 1115 AM 9/14 CWOP SOUTH CAROLINA ...Darlington County... Darlington 0.77 156 AM 9/15 AWOS 5 ESE Bethune 0.26 149 AM 9/15 CWOP 1 NW Hartsville 0.01 900 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS ...Dillon County... Dillon 0.40 700 AM 9/14 Co-Op Observer ...Florence County... Lake City 2.56 758 AM 9/15 Co-Op Observer 1 ENE Quinby 1.74 141 AM 9/15 CWOP Florence Regional Ai 1.60 153 AM 9/15 ASOS 2 WSW Florence 1.52 147 AM 9/15 CWOP Effingham 1.48 100 AM 9/15 Co-Op Observer 1 NW Quinby 1.41 100 AM 9/15 HADS 3 ENE Timmonsville 1.26 845 PM 9/14 CWOP ...Georgetown County... Litchfield Beach 7.57 150 AM 9/15 CWOP 4 SW Pawley``s Islan 4.58 144 AM 9/15 CWOP 3 NW Georgetown 0.28 749 PM 9/14 AWS 1 WSW Litchfield Bea 0.08 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS 1 ENE Sampit 0.01 141 AM 9/15 CWOP ...Horry County... 5 ENE Red Hill 8.35 925 PM 9/14 CWOP 4 NE Conway 7.91 935 PM 9/14 CWOP Waccamaw River Above 6.66 130 AM 9/15 GOES 3 E Red Hill 6.46 147 AM 9/15 CWOP Buck Creek Near Long 6.45 115 AM 9/15 GOES Myrtle Beach Interna 6.31 156 AM 9/15 AWOS Grand Strand Airport 5.84 153 AM 9/15 ASOS 3 WSW Briarcliffe Ac 5.56 140 AM 9/15 AWS 1 NE Conway 5.44 100 AM 9/15 HADS 1 ENE Loris 4.53 550 PM 9/14 CWOP 6 SW Bayboro 4.11 1259 AM 9/15 RAWS Myrtle Beach 3.50 715 AM 9/15 Co-Op Observer Galivants Ferry 2.44 100 AM 9/15 HADS 5 N Conway 2.29 459 PM 9/14 CWOP North Myrtle Beach 0.73 948 AM 9/14 CWOP Little River 0.64 807 AM 9/14 CWOP 2 N Red Hill 0.36 1113 AM 9/14 CWOP 4 ESE Aynor 0.30 1204 PM 9/14 CWOP Myrtle Beach 0.26 710 AM 9/14 Co-Op Observer 2 NNE Surfside Beach 0.16 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS 6 E Conway 0.16 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS 1 ENE Surfside Beach 0.07 748 PM 9/14 CWOP Forestbrook 0.07 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS 2 ENE Myrtle Beach 0.06 800 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS 1 NE Allsbrook 0.06 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS Surfside Beach 0.05 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS 2 S Red Hill 0.02 700 AM 9/14 CoCoRaHS ...Marion County... 3 E Marion 2.39 107 AM 9/15 RAWS ...Marlboro County... Bennettsville 0.91 149 AM 9/15 CWOP Pee Dee River Near B 0.41 115 AM 9/15 GOES 1 WNW Clio 0.13 1244 PM 9/14 CWOP ...Williamsburg County... Kingstree 1.60 100 AM 9/15 Co-Op Observer &&