THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 10 FOR SOUTHEAST U.S. HEAVY RAIN AND COASTAL
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1100 PM EDT SUN OCT 04 2015
...HISTORIC AND LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OCCURRING AND EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS....
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES...REMAIN
IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST COASTS.
WIND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE CAROLINA COASTLINES.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 1000 PM EDT...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE
OF 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES OFF THE
COAST OF CHARLESTON...SOUTH CAROLINA. A STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDED NORTHWARD FROM THE LOW ALONG THE SOUTH AND NORTH
CAROLINA COASTLINES. A DEEP PLUME OF MOISTURE STREAMING
WESTWARD...ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE JOAQUIN...WAS INTERACTING
WITH THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
RAIN WAS GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. IN ADDITION TO
THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE
ENTIRE EASTERN U.S. WAS RESULTING IN GUSTY WINDS. WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WERE REPORTED IN SOME AREAS. PERSISTENT AND
STRONG EASTERLY FLOW HAS CONTINUED TO RESULT IN COASTAL FLOODING
AND HIGH SURF ALONG MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST
COASTLINE.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT THU OCT
01 THROUGH 1000 PM EDT SUN OCT 04...
...GEORGIA...
DAHLONEGA 6 NW 5.14
CLEVELAND 1 NE 4.33
ST SIMONS ISLAND 4.20
SAUTEE 3 W 4.09
BAXLEY 3.43
BRUNSWICK/MALCOLM MCKINNON AP 3.38
ALTO 4 SE 3.29
R.H.BANDY STEAM PLANT (TVA) 3.27
ABBEVILLE 4S 2.90
ROME 6SW 2.71
TOCCOA 2.55
ALMA/BACON CO. ARPT 2.51
HAWKINSVILLE 2.50
CHARLOTTE 2.31
...NORTH CAROLINA...
CALABASH 1 NNW 16.13
LONGWOOD 1 NW 13.63
SUNSET BEACH 2 WNW 12.64
LAKE WACCAMAW 3 S 8.63
ELIZABETHTOWN 4 NNE 8.01
OAKBORO 1 WNW 7.76
RAEFORD 9.6 E 7.43
POPE AFB 7.33
FORT BRAGG 7.00
BENSON 1 SSW 6.87
ROCKINGHAM 0.6 WSW 6.72
CAMERON 8 E 6.71
WILSON 2 NNW 6.52
ANSON COUNTY ARPT 6.32
TABOR CITY 4 NE 6.13
ALBEMARLE 5.1 SSE 6.11
HARRELLS 0.7 SE 5.90
PINETOPS 5.79
WILMINGTON 4.40
RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL AIRPORT 3.76
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
BOONE HALL PLANTATION 3 NNE 24.23
MOUNT PLEASANT 24.23
SHADOWMOSS 3 SSW 23.51
LONGS 3 SE 21.14
HUGER 5 NNW 21.04
CHARLESTON 5 SSE 20.37
LIMERICK 1 NNW 19.71
GILLS CREEK 18.39
KIAWAH ISLAND 4 NNW 18.25
KINGSTREE 17.53
SUMMERVILLE 3 NW 17.23
JAMES ISLAND COUNTY PARK 1 NNE 17.00
CHARLESTON AIRPORT 16.61
LITTLE RIVER 1 N 16.00
GEORGETOWN 5 NNE 15.95
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH 15.86
GARRIS LANDING 2 NNW 15.81
HUGER 3 NNE 14.68
SANGAREE 2 NE 14.51
SHAW AFB 14.34
CHARLESTON NWS 13.88
GOOSE CREEK 5 E 11.26
SANTEE 6 NNE 11.10
MOUNT PLEASANT 6 NE 11.06
FLORENCE 5 W 10.45
WANDO 1 SSW 8.76
DARLINGTON 1 W 8.17
COLUMBIA METRO APT 6.77
...TENNESSEE...
COLUMBIA 5.48
DEL RIO 4SE (TVA) 2.57
PRAIRIE PLAINS 2.08
...VIRGINIA...
NORFOLK NAS 3.77
LANGLEY AFB/HAMPTON 3.43
OCEANA NAS/SOUCEK 2.98
NEWPORT/WILLIAMSBURG INTL ARPT 2.49
RICHMOND 2.10
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...DELAWARE...
BIG STONE BEACH 18 SE 58
LEWES BEACH 45
REHOBOTH BEACH 42
...MASSACHUSETTS...
NANTUCKET 47
OAK BLUFFS 45
...MARYLAND...
OXFORD 2 NNW 40
...NORTH CAROLINA...
SMITH REYNOLDS AIRPORT 43
...NEW JERSEY...
CAPE MAY 62
SEASIDE HEIGHTS 56
TUCKERTON 55
LITTLE SHEEPSHEAD CR 54
LONG BEACH ISLAND 47
OCEAN CITY 47
PORT NORRIS 19 ESE 45
SOUTH SEASIDE PARK 45
...PENNSYLVANIA...
LANDENBERG 53
...RHODE ISLAND...
CHARLESTOWN 46
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...DELAWARE...
NASSAU 4.45
LONG NECK 4.20
REHOBOTH BEACH 3.75
DAGSBORO 7 ENE 3.73
OCEAN VIEW 1 NW 3.50
SELBYVILLE 7 E 2.91
LEWES 2 SSW 2.75
DOVER AFB 2.61
SEAFORD 1 S 2.55
DELMAR 4 E 2.49
GEORGETOWN 6 W 2.48
MILFORD 2 W 2.01
...MARYLAND...
BISHOPVILLE 3.1 E 4.67
FENTRESS 1 WSW 4.16
OCEAN CITY MUNI ARPT 3.65
TRAPPE 4 NE 2.80
SALISBURY RGNL ARPT 2.48
PATUXENT RIVER NAS 2.11
...NEW JERSEY...
MILLVILLE MUNI ARPT 2.15
ATLANTIC CITY INTL ARPT 1.36
...PENNSYLVANIA...
PHILADELPHIA INTL ARPT 2.01
THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN MAINLY
STATIONARY IS EXPECTED TO START MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH MONDAY. THE FRONT ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST
SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY STATIONARY TODAY AND MONDAY. ALTHOUGH
HURRICANE JOAQUIN WILL REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE...TROPICAL MOISTURE
AND STRONG EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE REGION
OVERRUNNING THE FRONT. AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 MORE INCHES ARE STILL
POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. THESE EXTREME RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO WIDESPREAD AND CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AND
FLASH FLOODING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND
MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S.. GIVEN THE ALREADY VERY WET
AND SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION...SCATTERED DOWNED
TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. COASTAL FLOODING WILL ALSO
REMAIN A HAZARD INTO MONDAY.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 500 AM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KREKELER
Last Updated: 1011 PM EDT SUN OCT 04 2015