New Alberto Flooding, Wind Reports

A swath of heavy rain from the center of the storm added up to more than 3 inches for much of the state of South Carolina, with over 10 inches offshore from Wilmington, NC.

The flooding rains are rapidly creeping into the Raleigh-Durham metro area of North Carolina this morning. Below is a shot from AccuWeather.com RadarPlus, showing storm-total Doppler-estimated precipitation out of the Raleigh radar. Flood warnings (blue) and watches (light blue) are shown on top of the radar image.

The National Weather Service issued this statement at 8 a.m.:

In addition to that report, the following reports of rain over 5 inches were issued by the National Weather Service:

RINCON, GA: 7.05"
PORT WENTWORTH, GA: 7.00"
WILMINGTON ISLAND, GA: 5.37"

Wind gusts in Georgia and South Carolina have been almost as impressive as those seen in Florida:

GRAYS REEF, GA (41008): 51 MPH
U.S. NAVY TOWER, GA (M2R6): 51 MPH
EDISTO BEACH, SC: 51 MPH
FOLLY BEACH, SC (FBIS1): 50 MPH