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POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...TROPICAL STORM DANNY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1212 PM EDT MON AUG 31 2009
NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES
AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN TROPICAL STORM WATCHES
WERE IN EFFECT FOR DANNY.
COUNTIES INCLUDED...CARTERET...DARE...HYDE.
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) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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KHSE-FRISCO AIRPORT NC
35.22 75.62 1005.5 29/0751 140/023 29/0155 140/028 29/0155
KMRH-BEAUFORT AIRPORT NC
34.72 76.65 1006.5 29/0756 140/012 28/1856 140/020 28/1856
REMARKS: WINDS DID NOT REACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE AREA
FROM DANNY.
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) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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PEA
ISLAND
35.60 -75.50 0.0 NA 130/022 29/0250 130/029 29/0250
10/02
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) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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41025 - DIAMOND SHOALS , NC
35.00 75.40 1004.9 29/0850 125/025 28/2310 190/031 29/0750
05/08
CLKN7 - CAPE LOOKOUT , NC
34.62 76.53 1006.8 29/0700 080/017 29/0100 080/019 29/0100
10/02
41035 - ONSLOW BAY, NC
34.47 77.28 1007.2 29/0850 107/022 28/1920 120/031 28/1920
05/08
41036 - ONSLOW BAY , NC
34.21 76.95 1006.7 29/0920 087/019 28/1650 100/025 28/1650
05/08
REMARKS: WAVE HEIGHTS PEAKED AT 9.8 FT AT BUOY 41025 AT
29/1050Z...9.2 FT AT BUOY 41036 AT 29/0220Z...6.2 FT AT BUOY 41035
AT 29/0050Z...AND 7.2 FT AT BUOY 44100 AT 29/1117Z. LONG PERIOD SE
SWELL ASSOCIATED WITH DANNY LED TO ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS ACROSS AREA BEACHES STARTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON (8/27/09)
AND LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY (8/31/09). THIS WAS ARGUABLY THE LARGEST
IMPACT FROM DANNY ACROSS THE AREA.
C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 1100 UTC AUG 28 UNTIL 1100 UTC AUG 29
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CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL
LAT LON (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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FRISCO OUTER BANKS DARE KHSE 0.71
35.23 -75.61
BEAUFORT CARTERET KMRH 1.40
34.72 -76.65
3.20 NE HARKERS ISLAND CARTERET 3.73
34.73 -76.52
2.1 WSW ORIENTAL CARTERET 1.74
REMARKS: THE PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURRED DURING THIS PERIOD WAS DUE
TO THE INTERACTION BETWEEN AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW...A
DEVELOPING FRONTAL LOW AT THE SURFACE...AND TROPICAL STORM DANNY.
THE HARKERS ISLAND AND ORIENTAL SITES LISTED ABOVE ARE COCORAHS
OBSERVING SITES.
D. INLAND FLOODING...
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NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA.
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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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NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE REPORTED.
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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NO TORNADOS REPORTED.
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LEGEND:
I-INCOMPLETE DATA
E-ESTIMATED
WILLIS/BANDY