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<br />9. Stage hydrographs for the Neuse River at Kinston, September-October 1999, and near Goldsboro,
<br />September-October 1996 and 1999 ....................................................................................................... 15
<br />10. Streamflow in the Ncuse River at four locations bet\l,Icen Falls Dam and Kinston,
<br />September-October 1999 ...".,.,.,..,.,..,............,.""",..........,.."..,..,.......,.....""........,.,.,...,',...........,...,.,",. 16
<br />II. Annual peak flows, Tar River at Tarboro, 1897-1999 ..........................................................................., 18
<br />12. Annual peak flows, Neuse River at Kinston, 1928-1999 ....................................................................... 19
<br />13. Sites at which water-quality samples were collected by the USGS in September-October 1999,
<br />following Hurricane Floyd.,...,.".,."................,...,....,.....,.,....",..."...,.,.,.,.,.""......,.,.,.,.,.""........,.,........, 22
<br />14. Densities of E, coli and C. per[ringens bacteria collected near peak streamflow from
<br />Hurricane Floyd flooding, September 17-22, 1999 ............................................................................... 30
<br />15. Cumulative total nitrogen load at sites near the mouths of the Tar, Neuse, Cape Fear,
<br />Northeast Cape Fear, and Lumber Rivers............................................................................................... 34
<br />16. Cumulative total nitrogen load at selected Neuse River sites in flood\vatcrs from Hurricanes
<br />Floyd (1999) and Fran (1996) ................................................................................................................ 35
<br />17. Cumulative total nitrogen load at selected Tar and Cape Fear River sites in floodwaters from
<br />Hurricanes Floyd (1999) and Fran (1996) .............................................................................................. 35
<br />J 8, (A) Nitrogen and (B) phosphorus yields at selected sites in floodwaters from Hurricanes Floyd
<br />(1999) and Fran (1996) ................................................................................ ........................................... 36
<br />19. Cumulative total phosphorus load at sites near the mouths of the Tar, Neu,e, Cape Fear,
<br />Northeast Cape Fear, and Lumber Rivers............................................................................................... 37
<br />20, Near-surface and near-bottom salinity measured at Pamlico River at Light 5 during
<br />August-September 1999 ,..",..............,.,..,..,."....,.,...,..,.....".....,......'"".."",........,...,...,.,",........,',...,""" 38
<br />2 t. Near-surface and near-bottom salinity measured at Pamlico River at Light 5 during
<br />October-November 1999 "......,.,.,.,........,....,.,............,...,...........,.",....,...,......",...""".,.,........,.,..,.,"',..., 3 8
<br />22. Near-surface and near-bottom dissolved oxygen concentration at Neuse River at tytarker 38
<br />at New Bern, October 1999 ..................................................................................................................., 39
<br />23. Locations at which shoreline change and overwash were documented.................................................. 40
<br />24. Aerial photographs showing stonn wave overwash along N,C. Highway 12 north of Buxton, N,C.,
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<br />September 8, 1999..",..,............"",."",.. .......,........,...,..,................",..".,..,...."",..",.....,.,.,."...,.,....,',.,... 41
<br />25, Photograph showing the fanner location ofN,C. Highway 12 near Buxton and replacement dunes.... 41
<br />26, Cross-shore profiles obtained using laser altimetry of the area north of Buxton where
<br />N.C. Highway 12 was destroyed ....,.....................",...""...,......,.....,......,............."..",.................,..",.".. 41
<br />27. Photograph showing houses standing in the surf at Rodanthe, N.C. .......,..,.........................................., 42
<br />28. Post Hurricane Dennis topography using laser altimeter data of an area near Rodanthe, N.C .............. 43
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<br />TABLES
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<br />1. Rainfall amounts in North Carolina associated \vith Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene,
<br />September-October 1999; Hurricane Fran, September 1996; and annual average rainfall
<br />at selected locations"",.""..........,...,....,...,....,............",...,.,..................,.,........,.,.,...,.."..,....,..........,.""" 5
<br />2, Maximum observed 12-hour and 24-hour rainfall at Rocky Mount and Kinston, N.C.,
<br />during Hurricane Floyd, September 15-16, 1999, and I DO-year rainfall statistics for eastern
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<br />N orth Carolina,..",...".,...,....,.,...,......,..................."""",...........,....."."",....,.,.,.,.",..",...............,.,..."" '" 7
<br />3. Hurricane Floyd flood infonnation for selected strcamgaging stations in North Carolina
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<br />and \Tirginia .............,.,............... ...............................,.,................................................,.....................,.," 11
<br />4. Effect of period ofrecord on computed I DO-year flood magnitude, Tar River at Tarboro
<br />and Neuse River at Kinston, N,C. .......................................................................................................... 19
<br />5, Estimated monthly mean freshwater flow from basins draining to Pamlico Sound, N.C.,
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<br />September and October 1999 ""..",.........,..,...,..",.",.................,..".",..,.,.,....,...,.,.,..,.,........,....,.,.,....,..,. 20
<br />6. Summary of floodwater-quality samples collected in eastern North Carolina,
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<br />September-October 1999 ...."",....,...,......,..,."",.."......,...,..,...,..,.,................."..,.,........,',.,..,...,.,',.."..,.,. 23
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<br />Two Months of Flooding in Eastern North Carolina. September-October 1999
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