the extreme southern end of the project between sta 10+00 and 0+00 and at the 

 north end of the beach between sta 150+00 and 180+00. The change in the 

 erosion-accretion pattern during the second year of project operation indi- 

 cates a return to more normal littoral transport as well as the longshore 

 movement of material out of the project area. 



47. During construction of the 1982 fill, the volume of material placed 

 on the beach between sta 0+00 and 100+00 exceeded the design volume by 

 824,000 cu yd, while between sta 100+00 and 140+00 the in-place volume was 

 97,000 cu yd less than the design volume. Consequently, even with the loss 



of 226,000 cu yd from sta 0+00 and 100+00 during the first 2 years following 

 project reconstruction, the authorized berm and dune cross section within the 

 10,000-ft segment remained intact. Losses from this 10,000-ft segment are ex- 

 pected to decrease with time after adjustments from the construction berm take 

 place. Over the northern 4,000 ft of the project, the loss of 378,000 cu yd 

 of fill material during the first 2 years combined with an initial shortfall 

 of 97,000 cu yd during reconstruction produced a total deficit, as of May 

 1984, of 475,000 cu yd. This deficit resulted in some damage to the berm and 

 dune section between sta 100+00 and 116+40 (south end of the seawall) as 

 erosion progressed into the storm berm portion of the profile and completely 

 removed the protective beach from in front of the seawall. 



Hurricane Diana 



48. The southeastern coastal area of North Carolina was affected by 

 Hurricane Diana between 10 and 13 September 1984. Hurricane Diana formed off 

 the east coast of Florida on 8 September and moved slowly toward the north- 

 east, paralleling the coast. On 10 September, as Diana approached the North 

 Carolina coast, tides were 1 to 2 ft above normal. Diana was moving toward an 

 apparent landfall near Cape Fear on 11 September; however, the storm turned 

 seaward and moved to a point approximately 50 miles due east of Cape Fear. 

 The storm remained essentially stationary during much of the day on 12 Sep- 

 tember but by late evening had begun to move back toward land. The eye of 

 Diana made landfall around 0300 on 13 September crossing the coast near Fort 

 Fisher and continuing on a west-southwesterly course across the inland sec- 

 tions of Brunswick County before turning northward and losing strength over 

 the sand-hill section of North Carolina. 



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