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WWUS41 KMHX 071703
PSHMHX
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT...HURRICANE DENNIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY. NC
102 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 1999

A.   HIGHEST WINDS

ASOS. DIRECTION. TWO MINUTE SPEED (MPH). TIME (LST). DIRECTION. PEAK
GUST. AND TIME (LST)

AUGUST 30, 1999
FRISCO         (HSE)     NOT AVAILABLE
CHERRY POINT   (NKT)     020 48 0712. 010 64 0910
NEW BERN       (EWN)     020 40 0656. 030 53 0641
BEAUFORT       (MRH)     NOT AVAILABLE

SEPTEMBER 4, 1999
FRISCO         (HSE)     110 46 1624. 100 61 1459
CHERRY POINT   (NKT)     330 47 1605. 330 61 1604
NEW BERN       (EWN)     020 34 1733. 020 47 1733
BEAUFORT       (MRH)     350 38 1423. 010 52 1417

PEAK GUSTS ONLY

AUGUST 30, 1999
CAPE HATTERAS USCG  121 MPH   TIME UNKNOWN
NEWPORT (MHX)        62       0804 LST
HATTERAS VILLAGE     98       1115
JACKSONVILLE (OAJ)   47       0435
KINSTON (ISO)        35       0850
WASHINGTON           47       1120
MANTEO (MQI)         60       1235
HARKERS ISLAND BRDG  87       0830

SEPTEMBER 4, 1999
CAPE LOOKOUT (CLKN7) 61 MPH  1400 LST
NEWPORT (MHX)        40       1442
KINSTON (ISO)        43       1850
MANTEO (MQI)         39       1410
WASHINGTON (OCW)     47       2100
GREENVILLE (PGV)     49       2140

B.   LOWEST PRESSURE

AUGUST 30, 1999
CHERRY POINT   (NKT) 29.45 INCHES
NEWPORT        (MHX) 29.09 @ 0730 LST
NEW BERN       (EWN) 29.56 @ 0652
BEAUFORT       (MRH) 29.40 @ 0742

SEPTEMBER 4, 1999
CHERRY POINT   (NKT) 29.13 INCHES
NEWPORT        (MHX) 29.39 @ 1715 LST
NEW BERN       (EWN) 29.14 @ 2000
BEAUFORT       (MRH) 29.08 @ 1649

C.   RAINFALL

AUGUST 30, 1999
FRISCO         (HSE) NOT AVAILABLE 
CHERRY POINT   (NKT) 6.09 INCHES
NEW BERN       (EWN) 1.61
NEWPORT        (MHX) 7.07

PUBLIC REPORTS
MOREHEAD CITY  7.63 INCHES           ERNUL    2.00
QUEENS CREEK   3.55                  PELETIER 6.85
TRENTON        1.10                  HAVELOCK 5.13 
JACKSONVILLE   2.00

THE GREATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE DOPPLER RADAR WERE OVER
CARTERET...SOUTHERN CRAVEN...OUTER BANKS HYDE...AND OUTER BANKS
DARE COUNTY.  ESTIMATES WERE NEAR 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AREAS
OF 8 TO 10.  ONSLOW COUNTY COASTAL DOPPLER ESTIMATES WERE IN THE 3 TO
4 INCH RANGE.
 
SEPTEMBER 4, 1999
FRISCO         (HSE) 1.38 INCHES
CHERRY POINT   (NKT) 3.15
NEW BERN       (EWN) 1.74
NEWPORT        (MHX) 2.82

AGAIN EASTERN CARTERET AND OCRACOKE ISLAND SHOWED THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE DOPPLER RADAR....2 TO 5 INCHES WITH
ISOLATED AREAS UP TO 8 INCHES.

D.   STORM TIDES

AUGUST 30, 1999
OCEAN STORM SURGES WERE 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

ALONG THE NEUSE RIVER...TIDES WERE 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
NUMEROUS HOMES WERE FLOODED IN THE HARLOWE...ADAMS CREEK AND
CLUB FOOT CREEK AREA.  MANY REPORTED THIS WAS THE HIGHEST WATER
LEVELS THEY HAD EVER SEEN. IN THE NEW BERN AREA...FOUR FEET OF WATER
WAS REPORTED IN THE BRICEWOOD APARTMENTS.  ORIENTAL (PAMLICO
COUNTY) REPORTED TIDES 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.  RESIDENTS IN CEDAR
ISLAND (CARTERET COUNTY)...OCRACOKE (HYDE COUNTY)...AND PAMLICO
COUNTY REPORTED THAT THIS WAS THE HIGHEST WATER SINCE 1933.


SEPTEMBER 30, 1999
OCEAN STORM SURGES WERE 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

ALONG THE NEUSE RIVER...STORM TIDES WERE ABOUT 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL.  FLOODING OCCURRED IN SIMILAR LOCATIONS AS ON AUGUST 30TH.

ALONG THE PAMLICO RIVER...STORM TIDES WERE AROUND 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL.

E.   BEACH EROSION

BEACH EROSION WAS EXTREMELY SEVERE ON THE OUTER BANKS.  THE DUNE
STRUCTURE ON HATTERAS ISLAND WAS BREECHED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS.
JUST NORTH OF BUXTON...A 3000 FOOT LONG SECTION OF HIGHWAY 12 WAS
COMPLETELY LOST.

F.   FLOODING AND/OR FLASH FLOODING

ON MONDAY, AUGUST 30TH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED AT 0434 LST.  A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS THEN ISSUED AT 0745 LST FOR CARTERET AND
SOUTHERN CRAVEN COUNTIES.  A FEW ROADS WERE IMPASSIBLE IN THE ADAMS
CREEK AND SOUTH RIVER AREAS.  OTHERWISE...ONLY MINOR FRESH WATER
FLOODING WAS REPORTED.  SEE STORM TIDES FLOODING ABOVE.

G.   TORNADOES
NONE.

H.   PRELIMINARY STORM EFFECTS

NO DIRECTLY RELATED DEATHS WERE REPORTED.  DARE COUNTY REPORTS $12
MILLION IN PROPERTY DAMAGE.  THE TOWN OF NAGS HEAD HAS ESTIMATED
THEIR DUNE LOSS AT $16.5 MILLION.  ON THE OUTER BANKS...A TOTAL OF 1600
PROPERTIES SUSTAINED DAMAGE...5 % WERE DESTORYED (26)...OR WERE
UNINHABITABLE (60-80).  OF THE REMAINING DAMAGES ABOUT 20% INCURRED
MAJOR DAMAGE AND 75% HAD MINOR DAMAGE.

FURGIONE/KRIEHN
000 
TTAA00 KHAT 071703
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT...HURRICANE DENNIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY. NC
102 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 1999

A.   HIGHEST WINDS

ASOS. DIRECTION. TWO MINUTE SPEED (MPH). TIME (LST). DIRECTION. PEAK
GUST. AND TIME (LST)

AUGUST 30, 1999
FRISCO         (HSE)     NOT AVAILABLE
CHERRY POINT   (NKT)     020 48 0712. 010 64 0910
NEW BERN       (EWN)     020 40 0656. 030 53 0641
BEAUFORT       (MRH)     NOT AVAILABLE

SEPTEMBER 4, 1999
FRISCO         (HSE)     110 46 1624. 100 61 1459
CHERRY POINT   (NKT)     330 47 1605. 330 61 1604
NEW BERN       (EWN)     020 34 1733. 020 47 1733
BEAUFORT       (MRH)     350 38 1423. 010 52 1417

PEAK GUSTS ONLY

AUGUST 30, 1999
CAPE HATTERAS USCG  121 MPH   TIME UNKNOWN
NEWPORT (MHX)        62       0804 LST
HATTERAS VILLAGE     98       1115
JACKSONVILLE (OAJ)   47       0435
KINSTON (ISO)        35       0850
WASHINGTON           47       1120
MANTEO (MQI)         60       1235
HARKERS ISLAND BRDG  87       0830

SEPTEMBER 4, 1999
CAPE LOOKOUT (CLKN7) 61 MPH  ~1400 LST
NEWPORT (MHX)        40       1442
KINSTON (ISO)        43       1850
MANTEO (MQI)         39       1410
WASHINGTON (OCW)     47       2100
GREENVILLE (PGV)     49       2140

B.   LOWEST PRESSURE

AUGUST 30, 1999
CHERRY POINT   (NKT) 29.45 INCHES
NEWPORT        (MHX) 29.09 @ 0730 LST
NEW BERN       (EWN) 29.56 @ 0652
BEAUFORT       (MRH) 29.40 @ 0742

SEPTEMBER 4, 1999
CHERRY POINT   (NKT) 29.13 INCHES
NEWPORT        (MHX) 29.39 @ 1715 LST
NEW BERN       (EWN) 29.14 @ 2000
BEAUFORT       (MRH) 29.08 @ 1649

C.   RAINFALL

AUGUST 30, 1999
FRISCO         (HSE) NOT AVAILABLE
CHERRY POINT   (NKT) 6.09 INCHES
NEW BERN       (EWN) 1.61
NEWPORT        (MHX) 7.07

PUBLIC REPORTS
MOREHEAD CITY  7.63 INCHES           ERNUL    2.00
QUEENS CREEK   3.55                  PELETIER 6.85
TRENTON        1.10                  HAVELOCK 5.13
JACKSONVILLE   2.00

THE GREATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE DOPPLER RADAR WERE OVER
CARTERET...SOUTHERN CRAVEN...OUTER BANKS HYDE...AND OUTER BANKS
DARE COUNTY.  ESTIMATES WERE NEAR 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AREAS
OF 8 TO 10.  ONSLOW COUNTY COASTAL DOPPLER ESTIMATES WERE IN THE 3 TO
4 INCH RANGE.

SEPTEMBER 4, 1999
FRISCO         (HSE) 1.38 INCHES
CHERRY POINT   (NKT) 3.15
NEW BERN       (EWN) 1.74
NEWPORT        (MHX) 2.82

AGAIN EASTERN CARTERET AND OCRACOKE ISLAND SHOWED THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE DOPPLER RADAR....2 TO 5 INCHES WITH
ISOLATED AREAS UP TO 8 INCHES.

D.   STORM TIDES

AUGUST 30, 1999
OCEAN STORM SURGES WERE 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

ALONG THE NEUSE RIVER...TIDES WERE 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
NUMEROUS HOMES WERE FLOODED IN THE HARLOWE...ADAMS CREEK AND
CLUB FOOT CREEK AREA.  MANY REPORTED THIS WAS THE HIGHEST WATER
LEVELS THEY HAD EVER SEEN. IN THE NEW BERN AREA...FOUR FEET OF WATER
WAS REPORTED IN THE BRICEWOOD APARTMENTS.  ORIENTAL (PAMLICO
COUNTY) REPORTED TIDES 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.  RESIDENTS IN CEDAR
ISLAND (CARTERET COUNTY)...OCRACOKE (HYDE COUNTY)...AND PAMLICO
COUNTY REPORTED THAT THIS WAS THE HIGHEST WATER SINCE 1933.


SEPTEMBER 30, 1999
OCEAN STORM SURGES WERE 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

ALONG THE NEUSE RIVER...STORM TIDES WERE ABOUT 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL.  FLOODING OCCURRED IN SIMILAR LOCATIONS AS ON AUGUST 30TH.

ALONG THE PAMLICO RIVER...STORM TIDES WERE AROUND 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL.

E.   BEACH EROSION

BEACH EROSION WAS EXTREMELY SEVERE ON THE OUTER BANKS.  THE DUNE
STRUCTURE ON HATTERAS ISLAND WAS BREECHED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS.
JUST NORTH OF BUXTON...A 3000 FOOT LONG SECTION OF HIGHWAY 12 WAS
COMPLETELY LOST.

F.   FLOODING AND/OR FLASH FLOODING

ON MONDAY, AUGUST 30TH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED AT 0434 LST.  A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS THEN ISSUED AT 0745 LST FOR CARTERET AND
SOUTHERN CRAVEN COUNTIES.  A FEW ROADS WERE IMPASSIBLE IN THE ADAMS
CREEK AND SOUTH RIVER AREAS.  OTHERWISE...ONLY MINOR FRESH WATER
FLOODING WAS REPORTED.  SEE STORM TIDES FLOODING ABOVE.

G.   TORNADOES
NONE.

H.   PRELIMINARY STORM EFFECTS

NO DIRECTLY RELATED DEATHS WERE REPORTED.  DARE COUNTY REPORTS $12
MILLION IN PROPERTY DAMAGE.  THE TOWN OF NAGS HEAD HAS ESTIMATED
THEIR DUNE LOSS AT $16.5 MILLION.  ON THE OUTER BANKS...A TOTAL OF 1600
PROPERTIES SUSTAINED DAMAGE...5 % WERE DESTORYED (26)...OR WERE
UNINHABITABLE (60-80).  OF THE REMAINING DAMAGES ABOUT 20% INCURRED
MAJOR DAMAGE AND 75% HAD MINOR DAMAGE.

FURGIONE/KRIEHN