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ACUS72 KILM 200320
PSHILM
POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE FLORENCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1119 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2018
NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES
AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS
WERE IN EFFECT...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH FLORENCE
OR ITS REMNANTS WAS AFFECTING THE AREA.
COUNTIES INCLUDED...INLAND PENDER...COASTAL PENDER...
INLAND NEW HANOVER...COASTAL NEW HANOVER...INLAND BRUNSWICK...
COASTAL BRUNSWICK...COLUMBUS...BLADEN...ROBESON...MARLBORO...
DARLINGTON...DILLON...FLORENCE...MARION...WILLIAMSBURG...
COASTAL HORRY...CENTRAL HORRY...NORTHERN HORRY...
COASTAL GEORGETOWN...INLAND GEORGETOWN
A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS
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METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (DIR/KT) (UTC) (DIR/KT) (UTC)
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KILM-WILMINGTON NC
34.27 -77.90 965.5 14/1015 340/057 14/1012 020/091 14/1136
KCRE-NORTH MYRTLE BEACH SC
33.81 -78.72 978.7 14/2234 190/035 15/0045 320/052 14/1407
KMYR-MYRTLE BEACH SC
33.68 -78.93 983.9 14/2223 260/033 14/1856 270/053 14/1432
KFLO-FLORENCE SC
34.19 -79.72 995.5 15/0153 350/039 14/2001 360/052 14/2055
KGGE-GEORGETOWN SC
33.31 -79.33 991.9 15/0635 240/028 15/0415 250/041 15/0155
KUDG-DARLINGTON SC
34.44 -79.89 1000.0 15/0856 020/028 15/0356 030/043 15/0356
KBBP-BENNETTSVILLE SC
34.60 -79.70 1004.4 14/1515 I 340/023 14/1515 I 340/036 14/1515 I
KMAO-MARION SC
34.18 -79.33 990.9 14/2325 360/033 15/0035 340/053 14/2135
KCKI-KINGSTREE SC
33.72 -79.86 994.6 15/0715 290/026 15/0055 290/036 15/0055
KHVS-HARTSVILLE SC
34.40 -80.10 1001.4 15/0615 040/027 15/2215 020/041 15/0415
KLBT-LUMBERTON NC
34.61 -79.06 992.9 14/2054 I 010/038 14/2045 I 010/060 14/2035 I
REMARKS:
NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (DIR/KT) (UTC) (DIR/KT) (UTC)
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TURNBULL CREEK RAWS
34.68 -78.59 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 010/041 14/2318
06/MM
LELAND-WATERFORD NEIGHBORHOOD
34.23 -78.03 969.9 14/1144 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
GREEN SWAMP-NATURE CONSERVANCY RAWS
34.05 -78.29 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 350/060 14/1622
06/MM
OAK ISLAND-USGS RDG ON E.F. MIDDLETON BRIDGE
33.93 -78.16 968.8 14/1545 338/044 14/1515 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
CASTLE HAYNE-NC ECONET
34.32 -77.92 975.5 14/1213 MMM/044 14/1202 359/064 14/1102
WILMINGTON-USGS RDG ON ISABEL HOLMES BRIDGE
34.25 -77.95 015/058 14/1124 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
WILMINGTON-DOWNTOWN CAPE FEAR RIVER GAUGE
34.22 -77.95 964.8 14/1130 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
HOLLY SHELTER SWAMP-BACK ISLAND RAWS
34.53 -77.72 338/031 14/0718 338/062 14/0718
06/MM
LUMBERTON RAWS
34.59 -79.08 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 039/053 14/2000
06/MM
BLENHEIM-FIRE DEPARTMENT
34.51 -79.65 999.7 15/0800 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 023/049 14/2229
TIMMONSVILLE 6 MILES SE
34.06 -79.86 997.6 15/0817 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
CHERRY GROVE BEACH
33.82 -78.66 986.5 14/1539 I MMM/MMM MM/MMMM MMM/067 14/1514 I
MYRTLE BEACH-WATERFORD NEIGHBORHOOD
33.78 -78.95 980.7 15/0059 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 309/041 14/1554
MYRTLE BEACH-SOUTHGATE NEIGHBORHOOD
33.75 -78.94 982.1 15/0034 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
SOCASTEE 3 MILES NE
33.71 -78.96 982.1 15/0104 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 252/048 14/2014
MARION RAWS
34.18 -79.34 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 355/041 14/2200
06/MM
BENNETTSVILLE-COUNTY EMERGENCY OPS CENTER
34.60 -79.79 1000.3 15/0819 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
HEMINGWAY-SCDOT SHED
33.74 -79.44 990.9 15/0230 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
BALD HEAD ISLAND-NC ECONET
33.84 -77.97 974.9 14/1149 199/047 14/1855 334/058 14/1314
CASWELL BEACH
33.91 -78.06 972.6 14/1230 I 295/043 14/1230 I 257/054 14/1215 I
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH-USGS RDG BANKS CHANNEL BRIDGE
34.20 -77.80 958.3 14/1042 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
WILMINGTON-KINGS GRANT NEIGHBORHOOD
34.26 -77.87 962.0 14/1105 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
SURF CITY-USGS RDG INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY HIGHWAY 210 BRIDGE
34.43 -77.55 966.1 14/0942 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
WHITEVILLE-NC ECONET
34.41 -78.79 985.1 14/2010 301/030 14/1632 360/049 14/1501
SOULES SWAMP-USGS RDG
34.31 -78.71 980.7 14/1935 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 357/046 14/1615
BURGAW 4 MILES E
34.55 -77.85 979.0 14/1017 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 333/045 14/1017
DEBORDIEU
33.37 -79.18 990.2 15/0459 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
HORRY COUNTY RAWS
33.93 -79.08 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 047/039 15/0000
OAK ISLAND WEATHERFLOW
33.91 -78.12 967.0 14/1512 210/050 14/1718 306/062 14/1305
10/01
FEDERAL POINT WEATHERFLOW
33.96 -77.94 959.0 14/1232 284/068 14/1208 287/086 14/1202
15/01
SCOTTS HILL-PENDER EMS/FIRE STATION 18 WEATHERFLOW FCMP T2
34.33 -77.75 962.0 14/1016 020/047 14/1011 020/080 14/1016
15/05
HOLLY RIDGE WEATHERFLOW FCMP T3
34.49 -77.55 972.0 14/0913 030/037 14/0908 030/067 14/0918
15/05
HAMPSTEAD KIWANIS PARK WEATHERFLOW FCMP T1
34.40 -77.65 966.0 14/0955 020/040 14/0930 020/068 14/0930
15/05
MURRELLS INLET-WEATHERFLOW
33.52 -79.03 985.0 15/0319 264/042 14/2339 250/051 14/2354
07/01
GEORGETOWN WEATHERFLOW
33.37 -79.27 987.0 15/0543 257/030 15/0348 266/039 15/0342
10/01
LAKE ARROWHEAD WEATHERFLOW
33.78 -78.77 976.0 14/2307 302/025 14/1348 303/046 14/1227
10/01
ELWELL FERRY RD 0.3 MILES SOUTH OF NC HWY 211 (TTSN-328)
34.41 -78.47 981.9 MM/MMMM MMM/032 MM/MMMM MMM/049 MM/MMMM
02/01
NC HWY 211 2.5 MILES WEST OF CLARKTON (TTSN-112)
34.50 -78.70 983.8 MM/MMMM MMM/032 MM/MMMM MMM/047 MM/MMMM
02/01
CABBAGE RD/SINGLETARY MILL POND RD INTERSECTION (TTSN-448)
34.60 -78.79 986.4 MM/MMMM MMM/032 MM/MMMM MMM/046 MM/MMMM
02/01
ELIZABETHTOWN AIRPORT (TTSN-224)
34.60 -78.58 985.3 MM/MMMM MMM/030 MM/MMMM MMM/048 MM/MMMM
02/01
OCEAN ISLE BEACH-WEST 3RD ST (TTSN-332)
33.88 -78.44 973.5 MM/MMMM MMM/042 MM/MMMM MMM/059 MM/MMMM
02/01
US HWY 17/LONGWOOD RD NW INTERSECTION (TTSN-326)
33.95 -78.50 971.8 MM/MMMM MMM/036 MM/MMMM MMM/051 MM/MMMM
02/01
GASTON TRAIL RD 4 MILES SW OF SHALLOTTE (TTSN-333)
33.97 -78.32 967.4 MM/MMMM MMM/034 MM/MMMM MMM/053 MM/MMMM
02/01
NC HWY 211/906 INTERSECTION (TTSN-327)
33.97 -78.13 967.0 MM/MMMM MMM/032 MM/MMMM MMM/054 MM/MMMM
02/01
SOUTH BRUNSWICK MIDDLE SCHOOL (TTSN-334)
34.00 -78.05 962.4 MM/MMMM MMM/039 MM/MMMM MMM/060 MM/MMMM
02/01
GOVERNORS RD SE 0.5 MILES EAST OF WINNABOW (TTSN-335)
34.15 -78.09 965.1 MM/MMMM MMM/035 MM/MMMM MMM/056 MM/MMMM
02/01
LELAND-US 17/VILLAGE RD INTERSECTION (TTSN-101)
34.23 -77.99 965.5 MM/MMMM MMM/040 MM/MMMM MMM/061 MM/MMMM
02/01
HOWARD COX RD/GARLAND COX RD (TTSN-336)
34.06 -78.74 974.3 MM/MMMM MMM/029 MM/MMMM MMM/052 MM/MMMM
02/01
FEEDMILL RD 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TABOR CITY (TTSN-331)
34.20 -78.77 977.4 MM/MMMM MMM/038 MM/MMMM MMM/058 MM/MMMM
02/01
HUBERT WHITE RD 3 MILES SOUTH OF CHADBOURN (TTSN-447)
34.27 -78.81 979.1 MM/MMMM MMM/034 MM/MMMM MMM/052 MM/MMMM
02/01
SMALL RD/SWAMP FOX HWY INTERSECTION (TTSN-446)
34.30 -79.02 984.1 MM/MMMM MMM/034 MM/MMMM MMM/049 MM/MMMM
02/01
MILLE CHRISTINE RD 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITEVILLE (TTSN-329)
34.38 -78.67 981.5 MM/MMMM MMM/029 MM/MMMM MMM/047 MM/MMMM
02/01
MANGUM RD 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOARDMAN (TTSN-218)
34.42 -78.93 985.5 MM/MMMM MMM/025 MM/MMMM MMM/040 MM/MMMM
02/01
FORT FISHER ROCKS PARKING LOT (TTSN-106)
33.96 -77.92 959.6 MM/MMMM MMM/047 MM/MMMM MMM/067 MM/MMMM
02/01
MYRTLE GROVE-VETERANS PARK SPORTS COMPLEX (TTSN-102)
34.10 -77.91 959.0 MM/MMMM MMM/042 MM/MMMM MMM/066 MM/MMMM
02/01
WILMINGTON-RIVER CITY REFORMED CHURCH (TTSN-110)
34.17 -77.91 959.5 MM/MMMM MMM/039 MM/MMMM MMM/057 MM/MMMM
02/01
I-140 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAPE FEAR RIVER (TTSN-105)
34.27 -77.98 963.7 MM/MMMM MMM/056 MM/MMMM MMM/073 MM/MMMM
02/01
CASTLE HAYNE-NORTHEAST AVE 0.5 MILES WEST OF NC HWY 133 (TTSN-111)
34.36 -77.91 968.6 MM/MMMM MMM/035 MM/MMMM MMM/056 MM/MMMM
02/01
PORTERS NECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (TTSN-103)
34.28 -77.78 959.4 MM/MMMM MMM/043 MM/MMMM MMM/061 MM/MMMM
02/01
WATERS EDGE RD/GREAT OAK DR INTERSECTION (TTSN-445)
34.34 -77.70 960.3 MM/MMMM MMM/048 MM/MMMM MMM/066 MM/MMMM
02/01
HILLY BRANCH RD 9 MILES WEST OF LUMBERTON (TTSN-330)
34.58 -79.15 987.7 MM/MMMM MMM/034 MM/MMMM MMM/048 MM/MMMM
02/01
MYRTLE BEACH PAVILION PARK (TTSN-214)
33.69 -78.88 982.2 MM/MMMM MMM/030 MM/MMMM MMM/041 MM/MMMM
02/01
MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT AT HWY 17 (TTSN-215)
33.69 -78.94 981.4 MM/MMMM MMM/025 MM/MMMM MMM/043 MM/MMMM
02/01
MYRTLE BEACH BARC PARC NORTH (TTSN-216)
33.74 -78.84 979.4 MM/MMMM MMM/025 MM/MMMM MMM/042 MM/MMMM
02/01
MYRTLE BEACH TRAVEL PARK (TTSN-217)
33.77 -78.77 979.8 MM/MMMM MMM/035 MM/MMMM MMM/049 MM/MMMM
02/01
GRAND STRAND AIRPORT (TTSN-219)
33.80 -78.73 978.1 MM/MMMM MMM/028 MM/MMMM MMM/046 MM/MMMM
02/01
ROBERT EDGE PKWY/CAROLINA BAYS PKWY INTERSECTION (TTSN-222)
33.83 -78.70 978.4 MM/MMMM MMM/041 MM/MMMM MMM/053 MM/MMMM
02/01
SC HWY 90/22 INTERSECTION (TTSN-220)
33.85 -78.82 977.5 MM/MMMM MMM/030 MM/MMMM MMM/050 MM/MMMM
02/01
SC HWY 9/US 701 INTERSECTION (TTSN-223)
34.08 -78.87 975.1 MM/MMMM MMM/033 MM/MMMM MMM/048 MM/MMMM
02/01
REMARKS: "STICKNET" STATIONS WERE DEPLOYED BY THE TEXAS TECH
HURRICANE RESEARCH TEAM AND ARE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR ID NUMBER (TTSN)
B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (DIR/KT) (UTC) (DIR/KT) (UTC)
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41037-BUOY 27 MILES SE OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
33.99 -77.36 230/051 14/0608 230/084 14/0608
03/08
41024-BUOY 2 MILES S OF SUNSET BEACH
33.85 -78.49 977.6 14/1808 273/043 14/1808 273/060 14/1908
03/08
NOXN7-MASONBORO ISLAND/RESEARCH CREEK RESERVE
34.16 -77.85 960.7 14/1115 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
MROS1-SPRINGMAID PIER
33.66 -78.92 986.5 15/0100 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
WINYAH BAY RANGE "A" REAR LIGHT-WEATHERFLOW
33.19 -79.18 992.0 15/0352 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM
41013-FRYING PAN SHOALS BUOY
33.44 -77.74 989.2 14/1250 280/051 14/0440 270/072 14/0420
04/08
JMPN7-JOHNNIE MERCER PIER WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
34.21 -77.79 959.3 14/1100 080/056 14/1200 320/075 14/1000
08/10
41038-BUOY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
34.10 -77.70 964.4 14/1308 360/049 14/0908 360/074 14/0608
03/08
REMARKS:
C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 0400 UTC OCT 10 UNTIL 0100 UTC OCT 12
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CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL
LAT LON (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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6.2 NW ELIZABETHTOWN BLADEN NC-BD-2 35.93
34.69 -78.68
LUMBERTON ROBESON LBRN7 35.71
34.61 -79.01
4.1 WNW HAMPSTEAD PENDER NC-PD-31 29.52
34.38 -77.78
SUNNY POINT BRUNSWICK SUNN7 27.44
34.00 -77.96
GREEN SWAMP BRUNSWICK NATN7 27.40
34.04 -78.29
1 E SMITH CREEK NEW HANOVER NC-NH-63 27.20
34.26 -77.85
0.9 ENE OAK ISLAND BRUNSWICK NC-BR-56 26.98
33.92 -78.15
7.3 NE WILMINGTON NEW HANOVER NC-NH-68 26.58
34.30 -77.85
6.1 NW WHITEVILLE COLUMBUS NC-CL-25 25.91
34.40 -78.78
TURNBULL CREEK RAWS BLADEN TURN7 23.67
34.68 -78.59
2.9 WSW LORIS HORRY SC-HR-33 23.63
34.03 -78.94
7.8 SW BOLIVIA BRUNSWICK NC-BR-71 23.33
33.98 -78.24
1.4 ENE LORIS HORRY SC-HR-19 23.18
34.06 -78.87
WILMINGTON NEW HANOVER KILM 23.02
34.23 -77.94
2.3 NE LUMBERTON ROBESON NC-RB-9 22.76
34.64 -78.98
WHITEVILLE COLUMBUS WHIT 22.58
34.33 -78.70
CASWELL BEACH BRUNSWICK 22.57
33.90 -78.05
CAPE FEAR LOCK AND DAM 1 BLADEN CFPN7 22.21
34.40 -78.29
0.2 SSW YAUPON BEACH BRUNSWICK NC-BR-82 22.07
33.90 -78.08
4 E BURGAW PENDER 22.06
34.55 -77.86
HOLLY SHELTER SWAMP-BACK PENDER BKIN7 20.87
34.53 -77.72
3.0 SE WILMINGTON NEW HANOVER NC-NH-58 20.11
34.19 -77.91
3.5 SSW LELAND BRUNSWICK NC-BR-76 18.96
34.20 -78.06
8.6 SSE LUMBERTON ROBESON NC-RB-17 18.51
34.50 -78.95
3.8 NW DILLON DILLON SC-DL-4 18.38
34.45 -79.42
6 W BENNETTSVILLE MARLBORO BENS1 18.05
34.60 -79.79
GALIVANTS FERRY HORRY GALS1 17.01
34.05 -79.25
2 SSE HOMEWOOD HORRY CSCS1 15.96
33.86 -79.04
2 N PAWLEY'S ISLAND GEORGETOWN SC-GT-24 15.75
33.45 -79.12
8.4 WNW MYRTLE BEACH HORRY SC-HR-67 15.41
33.73 -79.02
1 W WHITEVILLE COLUMBUS WHIN7 15.38
34.33 -78.73
2 SSE BIRDSTOWN CROSSROA DARLINGTON 14.43
34.43 -79.97
2 SW PAWLEY'S ISLAND GEORGETOWN 14.41
33.41 -79.14
5 WNW MYRTLE BEACH HORRY SC-HR-46 12.84
33.71 -78.97
1 NNW NIXONVILLE HORRY ACWS1 12.61
33.85 -78.90
5 SE WEDGEFIELD PLANTATI GEORGETOWN 12.49
33.37 -79.18
RED HILL HORRY 11.43
33.79 -79.01
1.7 NW HARTSVILLE DARLINGTON SC-DR-7 11.39
34.39 -80.09
1 ESE NORTH HARTSVILLE DARLINGTON HARS1 11.13
34.39 -80.05
4 N ANNANDALE PLANTATION GEORGETOWN SC-GT-4 11.08
33.27 -79.29
5.2 SW MYRTLE BEACH HORRY SC-HR-73 11.03
33.63 -78.95
DARLINGTON DARLINGTON DLGS1 11.02
34.29 -79.88
1.7 WNW SUNSET BEACH BRUNSWICK NC-BR-6 10.24
33.88 -78.54
6 SSE WEDGEFIELD PLANTAT GEORGETOWN NIWS1 10.10
33.34 -79.19
6.2 E CONWAY HORRY SC-HR-61 9.63
33.83 -78.94
2 W EFFINGHAM FLORENCE 9.33
34.05 -79.79
1 NNE SURFSIDE BEACH HORRY SC-HR-39 8.29
33.62 -78.97
7.3 SSW DARLINGTON DARLINGTON SC-DR-4 8.26
34.20 -79.92
2.1 SW FLORENCE FLORENCE SC-FL-13 8.18
34.17 -79.79
1 NNE KINGSTREE WILLIAMSBURG KINS1 6.94
33.67 -79.83
9.5 NW KINGSTREE WILLIAMSBURG SC-WL-4 6.66
33.76 -79.95
COWARD FLORENCE SC-FL-12 6.46
33.97 -79.75
2 ESE HEBRON CROSSROADS WILLIAMSBURG CADS1 4.71
33.80 -79.86
REMARKS:
D. INLAND FLOODING...
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PENDER...THE WORST FLOODING EVENT IN LOCAL HISTORY OCCURRED DURING
AND AFTER HURRICANE FLORENCE. WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ON SEPTEMBER
14 AND 15 CLOSED MANY ROADS AND INUNDATED NEIGHBORHOODS. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORTED 350 RESCUES DURING THIS INITIAL FLASH FLOODING.
THIS FLOODING SUBSIDED, HOWEVER RECORD RIVER FLOODING DEVELOPED OVER
THE NEXT WEEK. MANY HOUSES OUTSIDE OF THE 500-YEAR FLOODPLAIN WERE
INUNDATED WITH 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER. OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE HAD TO
BE RESCUED BY BOAT, HELICOPTER, OR HUMVEES ACROSS THE COUNTY. ON THE
NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER THE GAUGE AT BURGAW REACHED 25.58 FEET
EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, EXCEEDING THE CREST FROM HURRICANE FLOYD
(1999) BY OVER THREE FEET. AN OCTOBER 3RD UPDATE FROM PENDER COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THERE WERE 3882 FLOOD-DAMAGED
STRUCTURES ACROSS THE COUNTY, INCLUDING 96 COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
INTERSTATE 40 WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AND NC HIGHWAY 53 WAS
COVERED WITH SEVEN FEET OF WATER. HIGH WATER LEVELS IN THE CAPE FEAR
RIVER BACKED UP THE BLACK RIVER AND MOORES CREEK, LEADING TO
EXCEPTIONAL FLOODING IN THE CURRIE AND CANETUCK COMMUNITIES. AT
MOORES CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD WATER WAS REPORTED TO HAVE REACHED
2 TO 3 FEET HIGHER THAN DURING HURRICANES FLOYD AND MATTHEW. THE
TOWN OF ATKINSON WAS ISOLATED FROM THE WORLD BY HIGH WATER. U.S.
HIGHWAY 421 NEAR THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY LINE WAS WASHED OUT OVER A
300 FOOT EXPANSE AS THE CAPE FEAR RIVER FLOWED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY
INTO THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER.
BLADEN...FLASH FLOODING CLOSED MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ACROSS BLADEN
COUNTY DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE HURRICANE. IN THE TOWN OF
BLADENBORO STORE WINDOWS WERE BURST OUT BY FLOODWATERS, AND A
RAILROAD TRACK AND ITS ROADBED WERE WASHED AWAY. THE CAPE FEAR RIVER
EVENTUALLY CRESTED BETWEEN TWO AND SIX FEET HIGHER THAN DURING
HURRICANE MATTHEW, SETTING A NEW RECORD STAGE AT LOCK AND DAM #1.
THE ENTIRE TOWN OF KELLY WAS EVACUATED DUE TO LIFE-THREATENING
FLOODING THAT OCCURRED WHEN A 30-FOOT WIDE BREACH OPENED IN A DIKE
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR RIVER BUILT IN 1945. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAD BE
TO EVACUATED BY AIR OR BY BOAT. NEWSPAPER REPORTS ALSO INDICATED
SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WHITE OAK ROAD WAS DEVASTATED. A MAJOR LOG
JAM DEVELOPED UP AGAINST THE U.S. HIGHWAY 701 BRIDGE OVER THE CAPE
FEAR RIVER.
HORRY...ON SEPTEMBER 17 LOCAL NEWS MEDIA REPORTED OVER 100 PEOPLE
HAD BEEN RESCUED FROM FLOODED HOMES AND CARS IN THE TOWN OF LORIS.
THE WACCAMAW RIVER AT CONWAY CRESTED AT A RECORD 22.1 FEET, BREAKING
ITS HURRICANE MATTHEW CREST BY FOUR FEET. NEARLY 1000 HOMES AND
BUSINESSES NEAR THE RIVER WERE FLOODED, MANY SEVERELY. HOMES IN THE
POLO FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD OFF SC HIGHWAY 905 WERE FLOODED FIVE FEET
DEEP WHEN THE WACCAMAW RIVER BACKED UP SIMPSONS CREEK. ABERDEEN
COUNTRY CLUB IN LONGS AND THE BRADFORD CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD OFF
HIGHWAY 544 ALSO FLOODED WITH UP TO THREE FEET OF WATER ENTERING
HOMES. ON SEPTEMBER 26 RAW SEWAGE FLOWED FROM THE CONWAY WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT INTO A TRIBUTARY THAT FEEDS INTO THE WACCAMAW RIVER.
THE COMMUNITY OF DONGOLA IN WESTERN HORRY COUNTY WAS ISOLATED FOR
TEN DAYS. THE FLOOD WAVE CONTINUED TO CREATE DEVASTATION DOWNSTREAM
THROUGH THE TOWNS OF BUCKSPORT AND SOCASTEE. THE SILVER FOX LANDING
DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY HAD WATER UP TO EIGHT
FEET DEEP IN HOMES.
NEW HANOVER...THE CAPE FEAR RIVER AT DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON REACHED
8.28 FEET MLLW AT 330 PM EDT ON SEPTEMBER 14 DURING HURRICANE
FLORENCE'S STORM SURGE. THIS EXCEEDED ITS PREVIOUS RECORD STAGE SET
JUST TWO YEARS EARLIER DURING HURRICANE MATTHEW, AND FLOODED
PORTIONS OF WATER STREET OVER TWO FEET DEEP. A PORTION OF U.S.
HIGHWAY 421 WAS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. MODERATE FLOODING
OCCURRED DURING MOST HIGH TIDES OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS INCLUDING A
SECONDARY PEAK OF 7.33 FEET MLLW ON SEPTEMBER 16. WIDESPREAD FLASH
FLOODING SEPTEMBER 14 AND 15 CLOSED MANY ROADS AND INUNDATED
NEIGHBORHOODS. THE NORTHCHASE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PARTICULARLY HARD HIT
WITH UP TO THREE FEET OF WATER ENTERING HOMES. 350 WATER RESCUES
WERE PERFORMED IN THE WRIGHTSBORO AND OGDEN COMMUNITIES DURING THE
FLASH FLOODING. NEW HANOVER COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WILMINGTON WERE
ISOLATED FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD FOR SEVERAL DAYS AS EVERY ACCESS
ROUTE INCLUDING INTERSTATE 40, AND U.S. HIGHWAYS 17, 74, 76, AND 421
WERE ALL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STATE OFFICIALS WERE QUOTED ON
SEPTEMBER 20TH SAYING "THERE IS NOT A SAFE, STABLE, OR RELIABLE
ROUTE FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET TO AND FROM WILMINGTON." MANY ROADBEDS
WERE SCOURED OUT BY FAST MOVING FLOOD WATERS. OVER 22 MILLION
GALLONS OF UNTREATED SEWAGE OVERFLOWED INTO AREA WATERWAYS. A COAL
ASH STORAGE POND AT A DECOMMISSIONED POWER PLANT OVERTOPPED, AND AN
EARTHEN DAM AT SUTTON LAKE BREACHED IN MULTIPLE SPOTS, ALLOWING THE
LAKE TO DRAIN INTO THE CAPE FEAR RIVER.
BRUNSWICK...WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPED ON SEPTEMBER 14 AND
15, FLOODING NEIGHBORHOODS AND CLOSING MANY ROADS INCLUDING PORTIONS
OF U.S. HIGHWAY 17 AND STATE HIGHWAY 87. EXTREMELY HIGH WATER IN
TOWN CREEK FLOODED 30 HOMES IN THE STONEY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD.
SANFORD DAM AT BOILING SPRING LAKES, BUILT IN 1961, BREACHED AROUND
700 PM EDT ON SEPTEMBER 15, DESTROYING ALTON LENNON DRIVE AND
FLOODING ONE STRUCTURE. NC HIGHWAY 133, THE MAIN ROUTE BETWEEN
WILMINGTON AND SOUTHPORT, WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS, AND A PORTION OF THE ROAD SURFACE WAS WASHED AWAY NEAR
THE "GATOR HOLE" SOUTH OF LELAND. IN SOUTHPORT, THE DUTCHMAN CREEK
BRIDGE WAS DAMAGED AND A WATER MAIN WAS WASHED OUT IN THE SAME AREA.
THE HIGHWAY 133 BRIDGE NEAR THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WAS ALSO
DAMAGED. FLOODWATERS WASHED OUT PORTIONS OF MOORE STREET, WILLIS
DRIVE, AND WEST 11TH STREET.
COLUMBUS...SOULES SWAMP FLOODED THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF
WHITEVILLE. FLOODWATER REACHED AS FAR NORTH AS COLUMBUS STREET.
WATER DEPTH REACHED OVER FOUR FEET IN SOME BUSINESSES, MUCH HIGHER
THAN WITH HURRICANE MATTHEW. U.S. HIGHWAY 74/76 EAST OF WHITEVILLE
WAS CLOSED FOR A TIME DUE TO FLOODING, AS WELL AS NC HIGHWAY 87. A
BRIDGE OVER WHITE MARSH IN WHITEVILLE WAS DAMAGED. THE TOWN OF FAIR
BLUFF WAS FLOODED BY THE LUMBER RIVER, SEPARATING THE TOWN INTO TWO
ISOLATED SECTIONS. NC HIGHWAYS 87 AND 11 IN RIEGELWOOD WERE CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING, AND WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE NINE FEET DEEP IN ONE
BUSINESS IN RIEGELWOOD. THE COAST GUARD RESCUED 116 PEOPLE FROM
FLOODWATERS IN THE CRUSOE COMMUNITY ON SEPTEMBER 18. NEWSPAPER
REPORTS INDICATE THAT EVEN THE HIGHEST GROUND IN THE TOWNS OF ACME,
DELCO, AND RIEGELWOOD WERE COVERED WITH WATER. HOMES ON TANK WATER
ROAD WERE FLOODED UP TO THE ROOFLINES AND SWIFT WATER RESCUES WERE
NECESSARY. IN TABOR CITY 15 RESIDENTS WERE RESCUED FROM FLOODING ON
RAY STREET DURING THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 16. ON LAKE WACCAMAW, LARGE
WAVES AND A SEICHE/STORM SURGE FLOODED HOMES ALONG THE LAKEFRONT.
NUMEROUS TREES, BOATS, AND DOCKS BROKE LOOSE IN THE HIGH WATER AND
BATTERED HOMES ALONG THE SHORELINE.
ROBESON...FLASH FLOODING CLOSED A 9 MILE STRETCH OF INTERSTATE 95 ON
SEPTEMBER 16. FLOODWATERS EXPANDED ON SEPTEMBER 17, CLOSING A 33
MILE STRETCH OF THIS MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY. THE INTERSTATE DID
NOT REOPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 23. THE LUMBER RIVER IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE
CRESTED NEAR 25.4 FEET, OVER ONE FOOT HIGHER THAN THE HURRICANE
MATTHEW CREST. THE MAYFAIR NEIGHBORHOOD JUST NORTH OF LUMBERTON WAS
FLOODED UP TO EIGHT FEET DEEP. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF
PEMBROKE FLOODED MANY HOMES AND ISOLATED NEIGHBORHOODS. ROBESON
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED OVER 500 STRUCTURES WERE
DAMAGED BY THE STORM. LEVEES ALONG THE LUMBER RIVER HELD DESPITE
RUMORS THAT A BREACH HAD OCCURRED. THOUSANDS OF SANDBAGS STACKED TO
PROTECT THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF LUMBERTON DID NOT HOLD BACK THE
FLOODWATERS HOWEVER. ALTOGETHER NEARLY TWO MILLION GALLONS OF SEWAGE
SPILLED IN LUMBERTON AND THE TOWN OF ST. PAULS, AFFECTING GREAT
MARSH SWAMP AND THE LUMBER RIVER. FLOODING FROM HURRICANE FLORENCE
WAS WORSE THAN WHAT OCCURRED WITH HURRICANE MATTHEW JUST TWO YEARS
EARLIER.
MARION...FLOODING WAS PARTICULARLY SEVERE IN THE BRITTON'S NECK AND
GRESHAM COMMUNITIES. MANY PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED, AND AS OF OCTOBER 1
COULD STILL NOT ACCESS THEIR HOMES DUE TO FLOODING. IN THE TOWN OF
NICHOLS, APPROXIMATELY 150 HOMES RECENTLY REBUILT AFTER FLOODING
FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW WERE DAMAGED AGAIN. FLOODING WAS DESCRIBED BY
RESIDENTS AS MUCH WORSE THAN DURING HURRICANE MATTHEW.
DILLON...FLOODING FROM HURRICANE FLORENCE DAMAGED APPROXIMATELY 400
HOMES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
FLORENCE...FLOODING ON THE GREAT PEE DEE RIVER SHUT DOWN A PORTION
OF THE CITY OF FLORENCE'S MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM ON SEPTEMBER 24.
GEORGETOWN...AS THE FLOOD WAVES ON THE WACCAMAW AND GREAT PEE DEE
RIVERS REACHED GEORGETOWN, HIGH WATER FLOODED DOWNTOWN ACROSS
SEVERAL TIDE CYCLES. PARTICULARLY HIGH WATER ON SEPTEMBER 28 FLOODED
CONSTITUTION PARK ALONG ORANGE STREET AND ALSO COVERED FRONT STREET.
DARLINGTON...TWENTY-THREE COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS WERE DAMAGED DUE
TO THE HURRICANE. A BRIDGE ON NEW HOPEWELL ROAD COLLAPSED. LAKE
DARPO DAM WAS DAMAGED AND WILL NEED OVER 100,000 DOLLARS OF REPAIR
WORK. A FEMA REPORT INDICATED 21 HOMES IN DARLINGTON COUNTY HAD
MAJOR FLOOD DAMAGE, AND ONE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
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E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING G
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COUNTY CITY/TOWN SURGE TIDE DATE/ BEACH
OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION
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NEW HANOVER ISABEL HOLMES B 0.00 5.52 14/1948 UNKNOWN
BRUNSWICK OAK ISLAND-E.F. 0.00 5.01 14/1745 MINOR
BRUNSWICK SUNSET BEACH-CA 0.00 4.30 14/1700 MINOR
NEW HANOVER DOWNTOWN WILMIN 4.96 8.28 14/1936 UNKNOWN
NEW HANOVER WRIGHTSVILLE BE 4.03 8.59 14/1454 MODERATE
NEW HANOVER WRIGHTSVILLE BE 0.00 6.63 14/1548 UNKNOWN
PENDER SURF CITY 0.00 4.91 14/1848 MAJOR
HORRY MYRTLE BEACH 2.06 7.48 14/1730 MINOR
GEORGETOWN WINYAH BAY NORT 2.29 6.50 16/1100 UNKNOWN
REMARKS: DATA POINTS ARE: 1) USGS RDG ON ISABEL HOLMES/US 74 BRIDGE
OVER NE CAPE FEAR RIVER, DATUM IS NAVD88. 2) USGS RDG ON E.F.
MIDDLETON BLVD BRIDGE ON OAK ISLAND, DATUM IS NAVD88. 3) USGS RDG ON
HWY 904/CAUSEWAY DRIVE BRIDGE ON SUNSET BEACH, DATUM IS NAVD88. 4)
CAPE FEAR RIVER GAUGE IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON, DATUM IS MLLW. 5) TIDE
GAUGE ON JOHNNIE MERCER PIER AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, DATUM IS MLLW.
6) USGS RDG ON BANKS CHANNEL/US 74 BRIDGE AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
DATUM IS NAVD88. 7) USGS RDG ON HWY 210 BRIDGE OVER THE INTRACOASTAL
WATERWAY AT SURF CITY, DATUM IS NAVD88. 8) SPRINGMAID PIER TIDE
GAUGE IN MYRTLE BEACH, DATUM IS MLLW. 9) NORTH INLET/OYSTER LANDING
TIDE GAUGE OFF WINYAH BAY AT BARUCH MARINE LAB, DATUM IS MLLW.
F. TORNADOES...
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(DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY DATE/ EF SCALE
LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL TIME(UTC) (IF KNOWN)
DESCRIPTION
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1 SSW BAYSHORE NEW HANOVER 16/0402 EF0
34.27 -77.80
A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BISCAYNE DRIVE AT
PAGES CREEK. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHWEST FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES AND
SNAPPED A COUPLE DOZEN TREES UP TO 14" IN DIAMETER, UPROOTED SEVERAL
LARGE TREES, AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ON
BISCAYNE DRIVE. IT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ON THE WEST SIDE OF MARKET
STREET (US HWY 17) NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF YVONNE ROAD AND
JACQUELINE DRIVE. IN A WOODED AREA NEAR THE CEDARBROOK ARABIANS
HORSE TRAINING FACILITY SEVERAL PINE TREES UP TO 14 INCHES IN
DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF YVONNE DRIVE.
PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS, PATH LENGTH 1.3 MILES, WINDS 85 MPH, NO
INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
1 NE BAYSHORE NEW HANOVER 16/0129 EF0
34.29 -77.78
A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PORTERS NECK
ROAD BETWEEN PORTERS NECK ROAD AND TIBBYS DRIVE. THE TORNADO MOVED
NORTHWEST FOR LESS THAN 2 MINUTES AND SNAPPED A COUPLE DOZEN TREES
UP TO 16" IN DIAMETER AND UPROOTED A FEW LARGE TREES. PATH WIDTH 50
YARDS, PATH LENGTH 0.25 MILES, WINDS 85 MPH, NO INJURIES OR
FATALITIES.
2 NNE MYRTLE BEACH HORRY 16/1617 EF0
33.72 -78.88
THE TORNADO WAS SHOWN LIVE BY A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION AS VIEWED
FROM THEIR SKYCAM. IT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TOPS OF PINE TREES,
BREAKING NUMEROUS LIMBS BEFORE IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 17 MOVING WEST.
ADDITIONAL MINOR TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 17
BEFORE THE FAST MOVING TORNADO LIFTED. PATH WIDTH 30 YARDS, PATH
LENGTH 0.5 MILES, WINDS 70 MPH, NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
1 WSW SIDNEY COLUMBUS 17/0238 EF1
34.18 -78.81
THE TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 701 AND SPIVEY
WARD DRIVE. ABOUT A DOZEN SMALL TREES AROUND A POND WERE BROKEN OFF
AND BLOWN INTO THE POND, AND A METAL CARPORT WAS LIFTED AND BLOWN
ONTO A DOCK. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A FEW MOBILE HOMES ON SPIVEY
WARD DRIVE, INCLUDING PART OF A ROOF WHICH WAS BLOWN 30 YARDS AND
SUSPENDED IN A TREE. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEASTWARD CAUSING MINOR
DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS AND FASCIA OF TWO HOMES, BEFORE REACHING ITS
MAXIMUM INTENSITY IN A STAND OF TREES IMMEDIATELY NORTHEAST OF THE
HOMES. APPROXIMATELY 40 PINE TREES UP TO 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE
SNAPPED OFF, AND ABOUT A DOZEN LARGE HARDWOODS WERE BROKEN OR
UPROOTED. THE METAL ROOF OF A WOOD-FRAMED CARPORT WAS ALSO RIPPED
OFF AND BLOWN OVER A BARN. THE TORNADO CAUSED ADDITIONAL MINOR
DAMAGE TO NEARBY TREES AND PEELED A PORTION OF METAL ROOFING OFF OF
A WELDING SHOP AS IT LIFTED. SOME PERIPHERAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO
TREES AND A WOODEN SHED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 701. PATH WIDTH
100 YARDS, PATH LENGTH 0.25 MILES, WINDS 105 MPH, NO INJURIES OR
FATALITIES.
4 ESE GORETOWN HORRY 17/0122 EF0
34.01 -78.76
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SIX MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF LONGS CAUSING
SPOTTY DAMAGE TO PINE TREES AND DAMAGE TO A ROOF.
2 S SILVER LAKE NEW HANOVER 16/0448 EF1
34.12 -77.92
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE ELLIOT PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD ON RIVER
VISTA DRIVE, SNAPPING APPROXIMATELY 15-20 HARDWOOD TREES UP TO 18"
IN DIAMETER. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHWEST AND ACROSS THE CAPE FEAR
RIVER. IT CAUSED MINOR TREE DAMAGE, BREAKING A FEW LIMBS AS IT
LIFTED NEAR NC HWY 133 NEAR PLEASANT OAKS PLANTATION ROAD. PATH
WIDTH 50 YARDS, PATH LENGTH 4.4 MILES, ESTIMATED WIND SPEED 95 MPH.
NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
1 ENE SILVER LAKE NEW HANOVER 16/0551 EF0
34.15 -77.90
TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED 75 MPH WINDS TOUCHED DOWN ON SPLIT RAIL
DRIVE. LIMBS WERE BROKEN FROM THE TOPS OF 12 PINE TREES. ONE VEHICLE
WAS DAMAGED.
5 WSW RAEMON ROBESON 16/1935 EF0
34.62 -79.43
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAW A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD
NEAR GADDY'S MILL ROAD APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
MAXTON.
1 NW ATKINSON PENDER 16/0241 EF1
34.52 -78.17
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF BEATTYS BRIDGE ROAD ABOUT
0.3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH SLOCUM TRAIL, BREAKING
NUMEROUS SMALL LIMBS OUT OF A FEW TREES IN THE FRONT YARD OF A
RESIDENCE. ADDITIONALLY, THE ROOF OF A CAMPER, WHICH WAS PARKED IN
THE YARD, WAS BLOWN OFF. THE TORNADO LIFTED AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN
AS IT CROSSED OVER A CEMETERY AT THE INTERSECTION OF SLOCUM TRAIL
AND BEATTYS BRIDGE ROAD. IT PASSED DIRECTLY OVER A MOBILE HOME WHICH
WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME. THE TIE DOWN STRAPS BROKE, AND THE MOBILE
HOME BRIEFLY LIFTED A FEW INCHES OFF THE GROUND AS THE TORNADO
PASSED OVER. A SHED ON THE PROPERTY WAS DESTROYED AND DEBRIS
RECOVERED NEARLY ONE-QUARTER MILE AWAY. IN THE WOODS IMMEDIATELY
WEST OF THE MOBILE HOME, A FEW DOZEN HARDWOOD TREES UP TO 16" IN
DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS, PATH LENGTH 0.4 MILES,
WINDS 90 MPH. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
1 SSE HAMPSTEAD PENDER 15/1545 EF0
34.35 -77.71
TORNADO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN A HALF MILE PATH STARTING IN THE
WOODS SOUTHEAST OF GREAT OAK DRIVE IN THE DEERFIELD COMMUNITY IN
HAMPSTEAD NC. THE EF-0 TORNADO MOVED ACROSS GREAT OAK DRIVE TO EAST
CREEK VIEW DRIVE BEFORE IT LIFTED OVER A TIDAL CREEK LOCATED
NORTHWEST OF EAST CREEK VIEW DRIVE. THE TORNADO MAINLY SNAPPED TREES
AS IT MOVED QUICKLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. IT FLIPPED A BOAT ONTO A
CAR ALONG EAST CREEK VIEW DRIVE AND DAMAGED A DETACHED GARAGE.
BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED IT FLIPPED A BOAT DOCK ON THE TIDAL CREEK.
1 ENE FLOYDALE DILLON 16/1626 EF0
34.33 -79.32
A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF LESTER ROAD BETWEEN THE LITTLE
PEE DEE RIVER AND RIVERVIEW LOOP. IT CROSSED LESTER ROAD MOVING
NORTH, AND BROKE LARGE LIMBS OUT OF SEVERAL TREES. A FEW SMALL PINE
TREES WERE ALSO BROKEN OFF AND KNOCKED ACROSS THE ROAD. PATH WIDTH
30 YARDS, PATH LENGTH 0.25 MILES, WINDS 75 MPH, NO INJURIES OF
FATALITIES.
2 E DILLON DILLON 16/1948 EF0
34.43 -79.34
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SR 17-198 (WEST COUNTRY CLUB RD) JUST
SOUTH OF VICKSBURG DRIVE, AND SKIPPED NORTH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF
WEST COUNTRY CLUB ROAD. SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS WERE WERE BROKEN OUT OF
TREE TOPS, ALONG WITH A FEW SNAPPED SMALL PINE TREES AND HARDWOODS.
ADDITIONAL MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON THE EAST SIDE OF OSCAR
DRIVE TO NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HARLEES BRIDGE ROAD, WHERE
SEVERAL LIMBS WERE BROKEN FROM THE TOPS OF OAK TREES. PATH WIDTH 30
YARDS, PATH LENGTH 2.5 MILES. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
4 NE ROWLAND ROBESON 16/2029 EF0
34.53 -79.29
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF SR 1134 (KITCHEN RD) AND MOVED
NORTH, BREAKING LIMBS FROM A FEW TREE TOPS BEFORE CROSSING AN OPEN
FIELD. A STAND OF HALF A DOZEN LARGE OAK TREES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
KITCHEN RD SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, WITH NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS
BROKEN OUT. ONE LARGE OAK BROKE OFF NEAR GROUND LEVEL. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTH ACROSS AN OPEN FIELD, THEN BROKE LIMBS OUT OF THE
TOPS OF TREES BEFORE LIFTING. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS, PATH LENGTH 0.25
MILES. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
2 WNW SOUTH OF THE BORDER DILLON 16/2159 EF0
34.50 -79.35
A TORNADO ABOUT TWO MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF "SOUTH OF THE BORDER"
BROKE LARGE LIMBS OUT OF THE TOPS OF TREES ON THE EAST SIDE OF BLUE
MOON DRIVE. IT MOVED NORTH ACROSS AN OPEN FIELD, THEN BROKE
ADDITIONAL LIMBS FROM TREES BEFORE CROSSING HARLEES BRIDGE ROAD.
SEVERAL SMALL PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF
HARLEES BRIDGE ROAD. PATH WIDTH 30 YARDS, PATH LENGTH 0.7 MILES,
WIND SPEED 75 MPH. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
MURRAYSVILLE NEW HANOVER 15/2316 EF1
34.29 -77.83
AN EF1 TORNADO STRUCK THE BRITTANY LAKES NEIGHBORHOOD. THE TORNADO
INITIALLY FORMED NEAR DOVE FIELD CT AND BRITTANY LAKES RD. IT MOVED
INTO A WOODED AREA CAUSING DOZENS OF TREES TO SNAP OR BECOME
UPROOTED. SEVERAL OF THE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ONTO HOMES ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF BRITTANY LAKES RD. THE TORNADO MOVED TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST, PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE WEST END OF QUAIL WOODS
RD. THE TORNADO CAUSED ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE JUST NORTH OF CREEK
RIDGE RD AND LIFTED NEAR BRITTANY RD. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS, PATH
LENGTH 0.6 MILES, WIND SPEED 95 MPH. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
WILMINGTON NEW HANOVER 16/0442 EF1
34.21 -77.90
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FLORAL PARKWAY AND
PARK AVENUE, CAUSING MINOR TREE DAMAGE AS IT MOVED QUICKLY
NORTHWEST.DAMAGE BECAME MORE SEVERE AS THE TORNADO PASSED EAST AND
NORTH OF EMPIE PARK, WHERE A FEW PINE TREES UP TO 18 INCHES IN
DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED, AND NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS BROKEN. A NEARLY
CONTINUOUS PATH OF TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FOREST HILLS COMMUNITY AND 23RD STREET BETWEEN
MARKET STREET AND PRINCESS PLACE DRIVE. THIS AREA ALSO RECEIVED
SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE IN THE EYEWALL OF HURRICANE FLORENCE,
HOWEVER THE PATH OF THE TORNADO WAS DISCERNIBLE BY OBSERVING DAMAGE
LIMITED PRIMARILY TO BROKEN AND TWISTED LIMBS AMONG TREE TOPS. THE
HEAVY DAMAGE TO LARGE OAK TREES IN FOREST HILLS AND ON 23RD STREET
WAS APPARENTLY A RESULT OF THE HURRICANE, AND NOT THE TORNADO. THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTHWEST, CROSSING PRINCESS PLACE DRIVE AND SNAPPING
SEVERAL TREES UP TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LIMBS
ALONG 21ST STREET AND THE INTERSECTION WITH KLEIN ROAD. THE TORNADO
BROKE LARGE LIMBS FROM A FEW TREES ALONG WYNNWOOD STREET IN THE LOVE
GROVE COMMUNITY BEFORE LIFTING. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS, PATH LENGTH 3.0
MILES, WIND SPEED 95 MPH. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
3 NE WRIGHTSBORO NEW HANOVER 16/0409 EF0
34.31 -77.88
AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY ALONG BLUE CLAY ROAD NORTH OF
ITS INTERSECTION WITH INTERSTATE 140 AND WEST OF NORTH COLLEGE RD.
SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES UP TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED OFF
APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. PATH LENGTH 0.25 MILES,
ESTIMATED WINDS 80 MPH.
G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY...
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COUNTY DEATHS INJURIES EVACUATIONS
DESCRIPTION
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NEW HANOVER 2 1
STRONG WINDS BLEW DOWN A LARGE NUMBER OF TREES AND POWER LINES,
CUTTING ELECTRICITY TO OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE COUNTY. FULL
RESTORATION OF ELECTRICAL SERVICE TOOK OVER TEN DAYS. MANY HOMES AND
BUSINESSES SUFFERED WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, GARAGE DOORS, AND SIDING,
AND AT LEAST ONE BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON HAD ITS ROOF
COMPLETELY REMOVED. MANY FENCES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED, AND ROADS
WERE BLOCKED DUE TO DOWNED TREES. A TREE FELL INTO A HOME IN
WILMINGTON KILLING A MOTHER AND HER CHILD AND SENDING THE FATHER TO
THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. SEVERAL GAS STATION METAL AWNINGS WERE
DESTROYED. THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD REPORTS THERE WAS DAMAGE TO EVERY
SCHOOL BUILDING. DAMAGE TO COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS
PARTICULARLY SEVERE. WIND DAMAGE TO THE COMMUNITY WAS WORSE THAN
THAT SUFFERED DURING HURRICANES DIANA (1984), FRAN (1996), OR FLOYD
(1999). THE UNC-WILMINGTON CAMPUS SUFFERED 140 MILLION DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND RAINFALL INCLUDING DAMAGE
TO DORMITORIES AND CLASSROOMS. IN CAROLINA BEACH AND KURE BEACH
SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION CUT ESCARPMENTS UP TO 10 FEET HIGH INTO
THE DUNE FACE. THE KURE BEACH PIER SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. HOWEVER IN
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, BEACH EROSION AND OVERWASH WAS DESCRIBED AS ONLY
MINOR. JOHNNIE MERCER PIER ON WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH SUFFERED NO DAMAGE
DURING THE STORM.
COASTAL BRUNSWICK
HIGH WINDS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THE AREA. IN
SOUTHPORT FALLING TREES DAMAGED HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND CHURCHES. IN
HOLDEN BEACH DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES WAS SUPERFICIAL, AND THE BEACH WAS
IN GOOD CONDITION. SAND DUNES ON OAK ISLAND WHICH WERE REBUILT AFTER
HURRICANE MATTHEW IN 2016 HELD BACK THE MINOR STORM SURGE. A SMALL
PORTION OF EAST BEACH DRIVE ON OAK ISLAND WAS WASHED OUT. WIND
DAMAGE ON OAK ISLAND WAS LIMITED TO SHINGLES AND SIDING, AND
NEWSPAPER REPORTS INDICATED WIND DAMAGE WAS WORSE DURING HURRICANE
MATTHEW IN 2016. CASWELL BEACH SUFFERED DOWNED TREES AND A LOSS OF
WATER AND SEWER SERVICE. SUNSET BEACH AND OCEAN ISLE BEACH SUFFERED
MAINLY MINOR DAMAGE TO SIDING, SHINGLES, AND TREES. HOWEVER ON BALD
HEAD ISLAND SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION OCCURRED, FOLLOWED BY
LONGER-TERM FLOODING DUE TO PERSISTENTLY HIGH WATER LEVELS ON THE
CAPE FEAR RIVER. POWER TO THE ISLAND WAS OUT FOR TWO WEEKS AND FERRY
SERVICE WAS UNAVAILABLE. SOUTH BALD HEAD WYND (ROAD) WAS PARTIALLY
COVERED WITH SAND. THE ISLAND'S MAYOR WAS QUOTED IN NEWSPAPERS
SAYING EVERY STREET ON THE ISLAND WAS IMPASSIBLE AND THE AMOUNT OF
TREE DEBRIS WAS FAR GREATER THAN WITH ANY OTHER EVENT IN HIS 35
YEARS ON THE ISLAND, BUT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL. THE ISLAND'S
HISTORIC BOAT HOUSE WAS DESTROYED.
INLAND PENDER 1
HIGH WINDS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES, AND
BLEW DOWN A NUMBER OF FENCES. A GAS STATION IN BURGAW SUFFERED MAJOR
WIND DAMAGE WITH EVEN THE GAS PUMPS THEMSELVES PUSHED OVER. AROUND
97 PERCENT OF CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER ACROSS PENDER COUNTY. ON
SEPTEMBER 17, A 71 YEAR OLD MAN DIED WHEN HE DROVE INTO FLOODWATERS
ON NC HIGHWAY 210 AT MERRICK'S CREEK.
COASTAL PENDER
IN SURF CITY DUNES WERE DESTROYED AND MUCH SAND WAS REMOVED FROM THE
BEACH, DEPOSITED UP TO FOUR FEET DEEP OVER TWO BLOCKS INLAND. ON
NORTH SHORE DRIVE AT THE NORTH END OF SURF CITY, EROSION WAS SEVERE
AND SOME HOMES WERE FILLED FOUR TO FIVE FEET DEEP OF SAND. AT LEAST
75 PERCENT OF HOMES SUFFERED SOME DAMAGE, BUT REPORTS FROM SURF CITY
INDICATE ONLY 20 HOMES SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE. THE END OF THE SURF
CITY OCEAN PIER WAS TORN OFF. MANY HOMES HAD DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND
SIDING ON TOPSAIL ISLAND, AND COMMERCIAL POWER WAS COMPLETELY
DISRUPTED TO THE ISLAND.
INLAND BRUNSWICK
MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN, MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE. TREE DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF BOLIVIA WAS SIGNIFICANT WITH
MANY LARGE TREES UPROOTED. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS WAS
REPORTED IN WINNABOW. OVER 80 PERCENT OF THE COUNTY WAS WITHOUT
POWER.
COLUMBUS
AROUND 80 PERCENT OF HOMES ON LAKE WACCAMAW SUFFERED DAMAGE DUE TO
FALLING TREES, FLOODING, OR BATTERING FROM FLOATING DEBRIS IN THE
WATER. DAMAGE TO TREES FROM HIGH WINDS WAS EXTENSIVE, PARTICULARLY
IN THE EASTERN END OF COLUMBUS COUNTY. POWER WAS LOST TO A PORTION
OF WHITEVILLE WHEN AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION FLOODED.
ROBESON 2
OVER 75 PERCENT OF CUSTOMERS LOST POWER ACROSS ROBESON COUNTY AS
MANY TREES FELL ACROSS POWER LINES. NEWSPAPERS REPORTED TWO
FATALITIES OCCURRED IN ROBESON COUNTY DUE TO FLORENCE: A 51-YEAR OLD
WOMAN DIED ON SEPTEMBER 23 ON NC HIGHWAY 903 AFTER DRIVING INTO A
ROAD WASHOUT. AN 83-YEAR OLD MAN DIED ON SEPTEMBER 16 AFTER DRIVING
INTO A SINKHOLE NEAR THE TOWN OF MAXTON.
MARION 2
HIGH WINDS BLEW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THE COUNTY. AT THE
STORM'S PEAK APPROXIMATELY 10,000 OF THE COUNTY'S 12,500 ELECTRICAL
CUSTOMERS HAD LOST POWER. ROOF DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO AT LEAST ONE
HOME IN THE BRITTONS NECK COMMUNITY. TWO PATIENTS BEING TRANSPORTED
ALONG HIGHWAY 76 BY SHERIFF'S OFFICERS DIED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS
DRIVEN AROUND ROAD BARRICADES AND INTO FLOODWATERS FROM THE LITTLE
PEE DEE RIVER.
DILLON 1
LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 19 THAT THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP
TRUCK DIED AFTER DRIVING INTO DEEP FLOODWATERS ON HIGHWAY 57 NORTH
OF DILLON.
DARLINGTON
WINDS KNOCKED DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES, BUT DAMAGE WAS
GENERALLY MINOR. AT THE STORM'S PEAK AROUND 20,000 CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER ACROSS DARLINGTON COUNTY. DAMAGE SURVEYS INDICATE
FEWER THAN 100 HOMES SUFFERED DAMAGE, MOST FROM FLOODWATERS.
BLADEN
MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN BY THE WIND. NEWSPAPER
PHOTOS SHOWED TREES LAYING ACROSS HIGHWAY 87, AND A GAS STATION
CANOPY DESTROYED. IN BLADENBORO A CHURCH STEEPLE WAS DESTROYED.
INLAND GEORGETOWN 1
A 23 YEAR OLD MAN DIED ON SEPTEMBER 16 WHEN HIS TRUCK OVERTURNED IN
FLOODWATER ALONG PLANTERSVILLE ROAD NORTH OF GEORGETOWN.
COASTAL HORRY
A NUMBER OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN BY HIGH WINDS ACROSS HORRY COUNTY.
NEWSPAPER REPORTS SAID AROUND 80,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER
ACROSS THE GRAND STRAND AREA. RELATIVELY MINOR DAMAGE WAS REPORTED
TO ROOFS, AWNINGS, SIDING, AND FENCES. DAMAGE WAS LIGHTER ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF HORRY COUNTY. IN SURFSIDE BEACH AND GARDEN CITY
BEACH NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED.
COASTAL GEORGETOWN
REPORTS FROM MURRELLS INLET AND PAWLEYS ISLAND INDICATE NO
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED. THERE WERE SOME POWER OUTAGES DURING
THE STORM, BUT BUILDINGS, PIERS, AND BEACHES WERE LARGELY UNDAMAGED.
CENTRAL HORRY
HIGH WINDS BLEW SOME TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. HOWEVER THE WORST
DAMAGE BY FAR OCCURRED DUE TO RECORD FLOODING ALONG THE WACCAMAW
RIVER.
MARLBORO
GENERALLY MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO TREES. AT THE STORM'S PEAK AROUND
3,400 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER ACROSS MARLBORO COUNTY.
FLORENCE
WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SOME TREES AND SIGNS ACROSS FLORENCE COUNTY,
BUT IMPACTS WERE CONSIDERED MINOR. AT THE STORM'S PEAK AROUND 12,000
CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER ACROSS FLORENCE COUNTY.
WILLIAMSBURG
VERY FEW STORM IMPACTS WERE NOTED ACROSS WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY.
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TIM ARMSTRONG