STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
10 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.  

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

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

A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT 120
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA...IS EXPECTED TO
SLOWLY TRAVEL NORTH OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS OF 9 PM EST
TUESDAY...WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER EASTERN
SECTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...IN
COMBINATION WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER THE UPPER
GULF COAST AND NEW ENGLAND...IS EXPECTED TO CREATE 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 AND SLEET TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE
DEEP SOUTH.  WHILE NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED...NOR ARE THEY 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. 
DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...THUNDER SNOW WAS ALSO REPORTED AROUND
THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA...WHICH WAS THE
FIRST TIME IT HAS EVER BEEN REPORTED IN THAT AREA. AREAS FARTHER
INLAND...AWAY FROM THE COAST...RECEVIED SOME LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 9 PM EST...

...NORTH CAROLINA...

HATTERAS                         3.82 
KELLY                            2.00 
WILMINGTON                       1.89 
CHARLOTTE                        1.71  
NEW RIVER	                 1.61 
ROCKY RIVER                      1.49 
GREENSBORO                       1.42 

...SOUTH CAROLINA...

PAGELAND                         1.84    
CONWAY                           1.70  
HUGER                            1.64 
GALIVANTS FERRY                  1.46
LONGS                            1.46
CHARLESTON                      1.42

...SELECTED WIND GUSTS THROUGH 9 PM EST...

PEA ISLAND  NC                   63 MPH
KILL DEVIL HILLS  NC             62 MPH
RODANTHE  NC                     61 MPH
ALLIGATOR RIVER                  60 MPH
CAPE LOOKOUT  NC                 59 MPH
CEDAR ISLAND  NC                 52 MPH
MANTEO  NC                       48 MPH
NEW RIVER  NC                    46 MPH
CHERRY POINT  NC                 44 MPH
HATTERAS  NC                     44 MPH
FOLLY BEACH  SC                  44 MPH
CHARLESTON WATERFRONT SC        44 MPH
NEW BERN  NC                     41 MPH

...SOME SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED THROUGH 7 PM EST...
  
MILLEN  GA                       1 TO 2 INCHES  
LAWTON  GA                       1 INCH  
SYLVANIA  GA                     1 INCH  
BUTTS  GA                        1 INCH  
HILLTONIA  GA                    1/2 TO 1 INCH  
SCARBORO  GA                     1/2 INCH

LODGE  SC                        1 INCH  
MARTIN  SC                       1 INCH    
SMOAKS  SC                       1/2 INCH  


ALONG WITH THE WINDS...STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED
TO FALL 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 4 AM EST.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.

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