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683 WWUS41 KMHX 021834 PSHMHX STORM REPORT...HURRICANE BONNIE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC 235 PM CDT WED SEP 2 1998 A. HIGHEST WINDS ASOS, DIRECTION, TWO MINUTE SPEED (MPH), TIME (LST), DIRECTION, PEAK GUST, AND TIME (LST) FRISCO (HSE) 170 56 1322, 180 79 1109 CHERRY POINT (NKT) 190 47 2359, 200 70 0114 NEW BERN (EWN) 110 36 2238, 080 53 1928 CAPE LOOKOUT 55 MPH SUSTAINED, 86 MPH GUST. PEAK GUSTS ONLY (MPH) AUG 27 OCRACOKE 76 1057 AM OREGON INLET 62 415-430 PM EMERALD ISLE 71 MANTEO 63 NEWPORT (WSO) 60 153 AM JACKSONVILLE 62 733 PM GREENVILLE 73 515 AM B. LOWEST PRESSURE EMERALD ISLE 28.85 NEWPORT (NWSO) 29.095 0615-0630 ON THE 27TH OCRACOKE 29.251 215 PM OREGON INLET 29.21 C. RAINFALL NEW BERN 7.70 INCHES CHERRY POINT (HAVELOCK) 10.93 BAYBORO 8.12 JACKSONVILLE 11.00 MOREHEAD CITY 10.70 HARKERS ISLAND 8.43 NEWPORT (NWSO) 9.51 WILLIAMSTON 5.55 COLUMBIA 5.35 GREENVILLE 8.20 KINSTON 5.40 SNOW HILL 4.80 OCRACOKE 6.60 BELLHAVEN 6.06 D. STORM TIDES IN THE WASHINGTON AREA (BEAUFORT CO.), TIDES WERE ABOUT 8 FEET...OR ONE HALF FOOT LESS THAN FRAN. PAMLICO BEACH HAD A HIGHER SURGE THAN FRAN. IN CARTERET COUNTY THE SURGE WAS LESS THAN FRAN....GENERALLY 2 TO 3 FEET BUT SEA LEVEL REPORTED A 4 FOOT SURGE WHICH WAS ABOUT 1 FOOT LOWER THAN FRAN. AT MANTEO (DARE CO.) THERE WAS ABOUT A 3 FOOT SURGE, AND A 3 TO 4 F OOT SURGE NEAR AVON. STORM TIDES ON TOPSAIL WERE LESS THAN FRAN, BUT WERE ABOUT THE SAME AT SWANSBORO (AROUND 8 FEET). E. BEACH EROSION ON NORTH TOPSAIL ABOUT 65% OF THE PRIMARY DUNE STRUCTURE (MAN-MADE) WAS DESTROYED. NO SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION ELSEWHERE...PERHAPS 5 FEET AT THE MOST. THE AREA NEAR CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED A SAND DEPOSIT. F. FLOODING / FLASH FLOODING MINOR FLOODING WAS EXPERIENCED. FLOODING WAS SIMILAR TO FRAN AT BELLHAVEN. FLOODING ALSO OCCURRED AT MANNS HARBOR AND STUMPY POINT IN MAINLAND DARE COUNTY. G. TORNADOES FIGURES ARE INCOMPLETE, BUT SO FAR 4 TORNADOES REPORTED. ALL OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY, AUG 26. TIME TOWN COUNTY 115 PM RIVERDALE CRAVEN 535 PM GUM NECK TYRRELL 545 PM COLUMBIA TYRRELL 639 PM PINETOWN BEAUFORT H. PRELIMINARY STORM EFFECTS NO DEATHS REPORTED IN THE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY COUNTY WARNING AREA. EVACUATIONS WERE IN THE RANGE OF ONE QUARTER MILLION...200 THOUSAND ON THE OUTER BANKS ALONE. THE STORM DID NOT PRODUCE ANYWHERE NEAR THE DAMAGE THAN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER BERTHA OR FRAN. VERY FEW TREES WERE DOWN. THE MAJOR DAMAGE WAS TREE DEBRIS OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA AND CROP DAMAGE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAIN. A FEW BUILDINGS LOST ROOFS. OUR HARDEST HIT AREA AS FAR AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS TOPSAIL ISLAND. ON BOGUE BANKS, OVER 100,000 CAR TIRES WASHED ASHORE AS AN OLD ARTIFICIAL REEF BROKE UP. PRELIMINARY DOLLAR DAMAGE ESTIMATES INCLUDED $9.6M IN CROP DAMAGE IN ONSLOW COUNTY, $2.3 MILLION IN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN ONSLOW COUNTY, AND $6M IN PROPERTY DAMAGE IN DARE COUNTY. KRIEHN