PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 11 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 
5 AM EDT MON AUG 30 2004 

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON MOVING THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA...

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

AT 5 AM EDT...09Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.2 NORTH LONGITUDE 79.0 WEST OR ABOUT 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT BRAGG NORTH CAROLINA. GASTON HAS BEEN
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 14 MPH OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB OR 29.44 INCHES.
 
SELECTED 30 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 2 AM EDT:
 
LOCATION                      STORM TOTAL               

SOUTH CAROLINA...

KINGSTREE                     9.85
TURBEVILLE                    7.00
MANNING                       5.50
DARLINGTON                    5.22
FLORENCE                      4.68
CHARLESTOWN                   4.05
SHAW AFB/SUMTER               1.73
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH            1.68
MC ENTIRE ANG BASE            0.50

NORTH CAROLINA...

LAURINBURG-MAXTON AIRPORT     4.94
LUMBERTON                     3.14
POPE AFB                      1.73
WILMINGTON                    1.60
JACKSONVILLE                  0.81
MONROE AIRPORT                0.53
ASHEVILLE                     0.39


T.D. GASTON HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 14 MPH...OR
ABOUT 12 KNOTS...FOR THE PAST THREE HOURS. THIS GENERAL TREND IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AREAL AVERAGE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE
VICINITY OF THE STORM CENTER FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH
NEW ENGLAND...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...09Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.2 NORTH LONGITUDE 79.0
WEST...MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 14 MPH ...MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB OR 29.44 INCHES. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON GASTON WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. REFER TO
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM.
 
HALBACH