000 SXUS72 KMHX 262247 RERHSE RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 545 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT CAPE HATTERAS NC... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.79 INCHES WAS SET AT CAPE HATTERAS NC TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.62 SET IN 2009. $$