STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
4 PM EST TUE NOV 21 2006

...STRONG WINDS AND STEADY RAIN ONGOING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST
COAST...

FLOOD AND COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS EASTERN SECTIONS OF
NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA.  

FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL
NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. 

WIND ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...EASTERN GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA...EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.

A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT 150
MILES OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
STRENGTHENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS OF 3 PM EST
TUESDAY...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER EASTERN
SECTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...IN
COMBINATION WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES REGION...IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE STRONG
ONSHORE WINDS. BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY TO OCCUR WHERE THE
STRONGEST ONSHORE WINDS COMBINE WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ALONG
COASTAL REGIONS OF THE CAROLINAS.

COLD AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS ALLOWED SOME
LIGHT SNOW TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE DEEP
SOUTH.  WHILE ACCUMULATIONS OVER AN INCH ARE NOT EXPECTED...BOTH
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND SAVANNAH GEORGIA RECORDED A TRACE OF
SNOWFALL TUESDAY MORNING...WHICH ACCORDING TO RECORDS DATING BACK
TO 1930...IS THE EARLIEST WINTER SEASON DATE ON WHICH SNOW HAS
BEEN RECORDED.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 3 PM EST...

...NORTH CAROLINA...

HATTERAS                         2.37
NEW RIVER	                 1.48 
WILMINGTON                       1.26 
KELLY                            1.03
JACKSONVILLE                     0.87 
CHERRY POINT                     0.49 

...SOUTH CAROLINA...

HUGER                            1.55 
CHARLESTOWN                      1.33 
GALIVANTS FERRY                  1.15   
CONWAY                           1.00  
LONGS                            0.96

...SELECTED WIND GUSTS THROUGH 3 PM EST...

MANTEO  NC                       48 MPH
NEW RIVER  NC                    46 MPH
CHERRY POINT  NC                 44 MPH
HATTERAS  NC                     44 MPH
FOLLY BEACH  SC                  44 MPH
CHARLESTOWN WATERFRONT SC        44 MPH
NEW BERN  NC                     41 MPH
EDISTO BEACH  SC                 35 MPH

ALONG WITH THE WINDS...STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED
TO OCCUR AS THE SYSTEM PULLS IN MOISTURE OFF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY EXCEED 5 INCHES BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING. LARGE RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO
EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST DUE TO HEAVY
RAINS FROM LAST WEEK.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 PM EST.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.

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