PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 10 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 
11 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH SOUTH
CAROLINA...

FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SOUTH
CAROLINA...CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

AT 11 PM EDT...03Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.5 NORTH LONGITUDE 79.4 WEST OR ABOUT 30
MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA. GASTON HAS BEEN
MOVING NORTHWARD AT ABOUT 8 MPH OVER THE PAST TWELVE HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB OR 29.47 INCHES.
 
SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 8 PM EDT:
 
LOCATION                      STORM TOTAL               

SOUTH CAROLINA...

KINGSTREE                     9.85
TURBEVILLE                    7.00
MANNING                       5.50
CHARLESTOWN                   4.05
FLORENCE                      2.92
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH            1.68
MC ENTIRE ANG BASE            0.50

NORTH CAROLINA...

LAURINBURG-MAXTON AIRPORT     1.52
LUMBERTON                     1.28
WILMINGTON                    0.97
POPE AFB                      0.80


T.D. GASTON HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHWARD AT ABOUT 8 MPH...OR ABOUT 7
KNOTS...FOR THE PAST TWELVE HOURS. THIS GENERAL TREND IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AREAL AVERAGE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE
STORM CENTER...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...03Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR  LATITUDE 34.5 NORTH LONGITUDE 79.4
WEST...MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWARD AT ABOUT 8 MPH ...MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 998 MB OR 29.47 INCHES. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON GASTON WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 5 AM EDT. REFER TO
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM.
 
HALBACH