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Coastal Low - Wind, Rain and Snow, December 9, 2018

 

A strong coastal low brought a variety of impacts to eastern North Carolina on December 9, 2018 into the early part of December 10. Strong gusty gale-to-storm force winds, elevated water levels producing coastal flooding, and even some light snow accumulation occurred with this system. 

 

  

Snow in Greenville, NC - December 9, 2018                            Coastal Flooding in Ocracoke - December 9, 2018

 

 

Beaufort Tide Gauge showing Minor Coastal Flooding Sunday afternoon Dec. 9 and Monday Morning Dec 10, 2018. 

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1002 AM EST Tue Dec 11 2018

...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Provider

...North Carolina...

...Beaufort County...
4 E Bayview                  2.63 in   0715 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
1 SSW Washington             2.26 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Bunyan RAWS                  2.11 in   0913 AM 12/11   RAWS
2 W Washington               1.92 in   0935 AM 12/11   HADS

...Carteret County...
2 WNW Morehead City          3.87 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Morehead City                3.37 in   0700 AM 12/10   COCORAHS
7 SSE Oriental               3.33 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
1 E Pine Knoll Shores        3.23 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Morehead City                3.15 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Cedar Island RAWS            3.02 in   0925 AM 12/11   RAWS
2 NNW Pine Knoll Shores      2.89 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
1 SSE Newport                2.82 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Beaufort                     2.67 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Cedar Point                  2.51 in   0537 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
1 NNW Beaufort               2.50 in   0715 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Croatan RAWS                 2.45 in   0905 AM 12/11   RAWS
Emerald Isle                 2.42 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Newport/Morehead City WFO    2.41 in   1200 AM 12/11   COOP
Marshallberg                 2.38 in   0700 AM 12/10   COCORAHS

...Craven County...
Trent Woods                  2.85 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
2 S James City               2.76 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Trent Woods                  2.75 in   0627 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Perrytown (COOP)             2.71 in   0730 AM 12/11   COOP
1 SSE Trent Woods            2.66 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
1 WSW New Bern               2.66 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
River Bend                   2.53 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
James City                   2.50 in   0750 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Cherry Point (NKT ASOS)      2.28 in   0654 AM 12/11   ASOS
New Bern (EWN ASOS)          2.25 in   0654 AM 12/11   ASOS
2 S James City               1.92 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS

...Dare County...
Frisco (HSE ASOS)            4.57 in   0651 AM 12/11   ASOS
Frisco 2nne (COOP)           4.27 in   0730 AM 12/11   COOP
Buxton                       2.94 in   0830 AM 12/10   COCORAHS
Dare Bomb Range RAWS         2.84 in   0928 AM 12/11   RAWS
1 NNW Nags Head              2.83 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
2 WNW Roanoke Island Festiva 2.79 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Rodanthe                     2.30 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
1 E Manteo                   2.21 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Dare Co Gnry Ran (K2DP AWOS) 2.17 in   0656 AM 12/11   AWOS

...Duplin County...
6 NW Pink Hill               1.42 in   0600 AM 12/11   COCORAHS

...Greene County...
Hookerton                    2.08 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS

...Hyde County...
Fairfield RAWS               2.41 in   0917 AM 12/11   RAWS

...Jones County...
1 E River Bend               2.25 in   0618 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Trenton                      1.94 in   0935 AM 12/11   AFWS

...Lenoir County...
6 SW Kinston                 2.15 in   0600 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
5 WNW Kinston                1.91 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
4 W Kinston                  1.87 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS

...Martin County...
Williamston 1 ENE (COOP)     1.52 in   0900 AM 12/11   COOP

...Onslow County...
3 NW Swansboro               2.54 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
1 ENE Jacksonville           2.37 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
1 N Swansboro                2.29 in   0830 AM 12/10   COCORAHS
1 WNW Jacksonville           2.12 in   0800 AM 12/10   COCORAHS
Hoffman RAWS                 2.11 in   0910 AM 12/11   RAWS
7 NE Maple Hill              2.10 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Richlands 2.8 NW             2.09 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
3 W Jacksonville             2.07 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Sandy Run RAWS               2.02 in   0919 AM 12/11   RAWS
Richlands (OAJ AWOS)         1.56 in   0656 AM 12/11   AWOS

...Pamlico County...
Lowland                      3.71 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
5 NW Arapahoe                3.27 in   0832 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
5 NE Oriental                2.55 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Oriental                     2.23 in   0925 AM 12/11   AFWS

...Pitt County...
2 ENE Winterville            2.43 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
2 SE Greenville              2.33 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
2 SW Simpson                 2.23 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
1 N Greenville               2.22 in   0900 AM 12/11   HADS
Greenville (COOP)            2.19 in   1200 AM 12/11   COOP
2 NW Winterville             2.07 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
3 W Winterville              2.07 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
4 ESE Winterville            2.03 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
4 SE Falkland                1.72 in   0700 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
4 NW Greenville              1.68 in   0935 AM 12/11   AFWS
2 ESE Greenville             1.64 in   0900 AM 12/10   COCORAHS
2 WNW Winterville            1.59 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
Fountain                     1.38 in   0700 AM 12/10   COCORAHS

...Tyrrell County...
Columbia                     2.41 in   0925 AM 12/11   AFWS
Gum Neck (COOP)              1.77 in   0600 AM 12/10   COOP

...Washington County...
Pocosin Lakes RAWS           2.12 in   0917 AM 12/11   RAWS

...Maritime Stations...
Bayboro 3 E (COOP)           3.04 in   0700 AM 12/11   COOP
1 SW Oriental                2.81 in   0800 AM 12/11   COCORAHS
&&

 

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1040 PM EST Sun Dec 9 2018

...WIND REPORTS...

Location                     Speed     Time/Date       Provider

...North Carolina...

...Beaufort County...
Washington (OCW AWOS)        32 MPH    0340 PM 12/09   AWOS
Bunyan RAWS                  31 MPH    0313 PM 12/09   RAWS

...Carteret County...
8 W Cedar Island             52 MPH    0556 PM 12/09   Other Federal
Cape Lookout                 46 MPH    0700 AM 12/09   MARITIME
Cedar Island RAWS            41 MPH    0325 PM 12/09   RAWS
Fort Macon (WxFlow)          40 MPH    0111 PM 12/09   WXFLOW
8 W Cedar Island             36 MPH    1256 PM 12/09   MESOWEST
Beaufort (MRH ASOS)          35 MPH    0131 PM 12/09   ASOS
Beaufort                     34 MPH    0100 PM 12/09   NWLON
North River (WxFlow)         31 MPH    1003 AM 12/09   WXFLOW

...Craven County...
Cherry Point (NKT ASOS)      38 MPH    1218 PM 12/09   ASOS
New Bern (EWN ASOS)          37 MPH    1152 AM 12/09   ASOS

...Dare County...
1 N Rodanthe                 64 MPH    0823 PM 12/09   Public
Hatteras Ferry Terminal      61 MPH    0718 PM 12/09   Mesonet
1 NNW Oregon Inlet           61 MPH    1020 PM 12/09   Mesonet
Waves                        58 MPH    0852 PM 12/09   Mesonet
1 W Buxton                   55 MPH    0727 PM 12/09   Mesonet
2 WNW Roanoke Island Festiva 55 MPH    0920 PM 12/09   AWOS
Buxton (WxFlow)              45 MPH    0342 PM 12/09   WXFLOW
Avon (WxFlow)                41 MPH    0308 PM 12/09   WXFLOW
KHK Resort (WxFlow)          39 MPH    0316 PM 12/09   WXFLOW
Oregon Inlet CG (WxFlow)     39 MPH    0335 PM 12/09   WXFLOW
Rodanthe                     38 MPH    0543 AM 12/09   CWOP
Frisco (HSE ASOS)            38 MPH    0309 PM 12/09   ASOS
Oregon Inlet (WxFlow)        37 MPH    0318 PM 12/09   WXFLOW
Oregon Inlet                 36 MPH    0312 PM 12/09   NWLON
Hatteras High (WxFlow)       34 MPH    0532 AM 12/09   WXFLOW
Frisco                       34 MPH    0401 PM 12/09   CWOP
Dare Co Gnry Ran (K2DP AWOS) 33 MPH    0406 PM 12/09   AWOS
Manteo (MQI AWOS)            32 MPH    0340 PM 12/09   AWOS

...Hyde County...
4 NE Engelhard               36 MPH    0320 PM 12/09   MESOWEST

...Lenoir County...
Kinston (ISO AWOS)           30 MPH    0256 PM 12/09   AWOS


...Onslow County...
Jacksonville (NCA ASOS)      39 MPH    0912 AM 12/09   ASOS
1 SSE Sneads Ferry           37 MPH    1230 PM 12/09   CWOP
Richlands (OAJ AWOS)         31 MPH    1213 PM 12/09   AWOS

...Maritime Stations...
2 NNW Ocracoke Lighthouse    70 MPH    0707 PM 12/09   Mesonet
13 ESE Middletown            67 MPH    0930 PM 12/09   Mesonet
1 NNE Duck                   63 MPH    0842 PM 12/09   Public
1 N Avon                     61 MPH    1017 PM 12/09   Mesonet
Whalebone                    61 MPH    1022 PM 12/09   Mesonet
1 N Frisco                   60 MPH    0720 PM 12/09   Public
2 W Nags Head                58 MPH    0818 PM 12/09   Mesonet

&&

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.

$$

 

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
415 PM EST Sun Dec 9 2018

...SNOWFALL REPORTS...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Provider

...North Carolina...

...Beaufort County...
1 NNE Pinetown               1.1 in    0547 AM 12/09   Public
Pinetown                     0.8 in    0510 AM 12/09   Trained Spotter

...Craven County...
2 NNW Vanceboro              1.0 in    1029 AM 12/09   Public

...Greene County...
Snow Hill                    2.0 in    0835 AM 12/09   Emergency Mngr

...Martin County...
Robersonville                1.3 in    0344 PM 12/09   Cocorahs

...Pitt County...
2 ESE Bruce                  4.0 in    0631 AM 12/09   Cocorahs
Winterville                  3.0 in    0700 AM 12/09   Public
3 WNW Greenville             2.5 in    0525 AM 12/09   Emergency Mngr
Winterville                  2.0 in    0615 AM 12/09   Public
1 W Winterville              2.0 in    0615 AM 12/09   Public
Winterville                  1.6 in    0430 AM 12/09   Trained Spotter
Winterville                  1.5 in    0417 AM 12/09   Public
Greenville                   1.0 in    0419 AM 12/09   Public

...Washington County...
Roper                         T in     0700 AM 12/09   Public


...SLEET REPORTS...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Provider

...North Carolina...

...Lenoir County...
3 SSE Institute              0.5 in    0700 AM 12/09   Cocorahs

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