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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 10, 2008Dillon County, Marion County, Marlboro County, South Carolina; Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood watch at Sep 10, 2008, 11:05 AM EDT for Dillon County, Marion County, Marlboro County, South Carolina; Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2008, 11:05 AM EDT (15:05 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Flood severity
None

Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2008-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2008-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 8:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMMarlboro83 min
Sep 9, 9:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMDillon, Florence, Horry, Marion80 min
Sep 10, 12:24 PM EDTFlood WatchILMDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg13 hr
Sep 10, 1:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender110 min
Sep 10, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBladen, Columbus, Robeson109 min
Sep 10, 7:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover, Pender114 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2008Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2008Every flash flood watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.