ZCZC NFDSCCNS5 ALL TTAA00 KNFD DDHHMM STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR REMNANTS OF "EARL" NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 100 AM EDT FRI SEP 04 1998 THE REMNANTS OF "EARL" CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD EARLY THIS MORNING AT BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH AND AS OF 1:00 AM EDT WAS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE, NC AND TO THE EAST OF LAURINBURG, NC. THIS RAPID NORTHEASTWARD MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY WITH THE CENTER OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING OFF THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF N.C. SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. THIS LOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TO PUSH RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD AND AWAY FROM THE EAST COAST AS IT IS ACCELERATED EASTWARD BY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SITUATED TO THE NORTH OF THE STORM ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST. THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DATA CONTINUES TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINS FALLING AROUND THE PERIPHERIES OF THIS SURFACE LOW ACROSS SECTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTHWARD THROUGH THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA, ACROSS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SOME RAINFALL TOTALS (IN INCHES) THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING HAVE INCLUDED: IN FLORIDA: MARIANA 5.98 BROOKSVILLE 3.20 GEORGIA: MACON 2.83 VALDOSTA 2.81 ALMA 2.20 ATHENS 1.78 SOUTH CAROLINA: CHARLESTOWN 2.58 COLUMBIA 2.48 NORTH CAROLINA: RALEIGH-DURHAM 1.00 GREENSBORO .76 IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS, HIGH WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER HAVE ALSO BEEN PRODUCED BY THE REMNANTS OF EARL. A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED IN THE BOGUE AREA OF CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 PM THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL TRAILERS. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DECREASING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AS THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTHEASTWARD AND OFF THE COAST. 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED EARLIER ON THURSDAY ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING, DIMINISHING BY MID DAY AS THE LOW PUSHES OFF THE COAST. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT FOR LARGE SECTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE REMNANTS OF EARL ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER, HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE DELMARVA PENINSULA WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2". THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED FOR THE REMNANTS OF EARL. ORAVEC/GARTNER/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH NNNN