ACUS72 KMHX 311613 PSHMHX 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- METAR OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL LAT LON (IN) DEG DECIMAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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... --------------------------------------------------------------------- NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA. --------------------------------------------------------------------- E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING G --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY CITY/TOWN SURGE TIDE DATE/ BEACH OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION --------------------------------------------------------------------- NO SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE REPORTED. F. TORNADOES... --------------------------------------------------------------------- (DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY DATE/ EF SCALE LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL TIME(UTC) (IF KNOWN) DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- NO TORNADOS REPORTED. $$ LEGEND: I-INCOMPLETE DATA E-ESTIMATED WILLIS/BANDY