PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 12 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 
11 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 11 AM EDT...15Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.7 NORTH LONGITUDE 78.3 WEST OR 20 MILES
TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA. GASTON HAS BEEN
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 9 MPH. THIS GENERAL TREND IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 30.16 INCHES. 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER
THAN 10 INCHES NEAR KINGSTREE SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
SELECTED 48 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 8 AM EDT:
 
LOCATION                      STORM TOTAL    

NORTH CAROLINA...

CAMP MACKALL                  5.60
LAURINBURG-MAXTON AIRPORT     5.31
LUMBERTON                     3.37
POPE AFB                      2.99
FAYETTEVILLE                  2.37
WILLIAMS                      1.75
RALEIGH-DURHAM                1.49
WALLACE                       1.37
JACKSONVILLE                  1.27       

SOUTH CAROLINA...

DARLINGTON                    5.80
FLORENCE                      4.36
CHARLESTOWN                   4.11
SHAW AFB/SUMTER               1.78
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH            1.69
COLUMBIA                      0.73

AREAL AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
TODAY NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TROPICAL DEPRESSION ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE MID ATLANTIC...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...15Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.7 NORTH LONGITUDE 78.3
WEST...MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 9 MPH ...MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 30.16 INCHES. 

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