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Tropical Depression GASTON Advisory Number 13
 
Issued 21:00Z Aug 30, 2004
 
Advisory Selection
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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 13 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD 
5 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004         

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA...

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA
UNTIL 6 PM EDT.  IN ADDITION TORNADO WATCHES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.  

AT 5 PM EDT...21Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.7 NORTH LONGITUDE 77.1 WEST OR 10 MILES
TO THE WEST OF FRANKLIN VIRGINIA. GASTON HAS BEEN MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 14 MPH. THIS GENERAL TREND IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH GASTON EXPECTED TO MOVE OFFSHORE INTO
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30
MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB
OR 29.56 INCHES. 
 
SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 2 PM EDT:
 
LOCATION                      STORM TOTAL    

VIRGINIA...
WALLOPS ISLAND                0.91
DANVILLE                      0.86
WAKEFIELD                     0.42
FORT EUSTIS                   0.35
RICHMOND                      0.12

NORTH CAROLINA...

CAMP MACKALL                  5.60
LAURINBURG-MAXTON AIRPORT     5.31
POPE AFB                      3.46
LUMBERTON                     3.37
WILLIAMS                      2.77
FORT BRAGG                    2.58
RALEIGH-DURHAM                2.54
FAYETTEVILLE                  2.37
BURLINGTON                    2.19
ROCKY MOUNT                   1.89
ROANOKE RAPIDS                1.37

SOUTH CAROLINA...

TURBEVILLE                    7.00
DARLINGTON                    5.80
FLORENCE                      4.36
CHARLESTOWN                   4.11
SHAW AFB/SUMTER               1.78
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH            1.69
COLUMBIA                      0.73

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION MAINLY ACROSS VIRGINIA AND THE DELMARVA PENINSULA.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...21Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.7 NORTH LONGITUDE 77.1
WEST...MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 14 MPH ...MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 1001 MB OR 29.56 INCHES. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON GASTON WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. REFER TO
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM.
 
LADER