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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 5, 2008Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2008, 9:57 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 6, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2008, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2008, 6:01 AM EDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Flood severity
Minor

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7).

Action stage
41 ft
Minor stage
42 ft
Moderate stage
55 ft
Major stage
65 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02105500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 5, 7:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 11:30 AM EDT, 10 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1130 AM EDT SAT APR 5 2008

AMZ250-252-254-256-060715-
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
1130 AM EDT SAT APR 5 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1
NM. ISOLATED HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. WATERSPOUTS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE IN THE DAY AND TONIGHT.

NCZ087-096-097-099-101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-060715-
ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-
DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN-
1130 AM EDT SAT APR 5 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRIEF
MINOR STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN ANY PROLONGED DOWNPOUR.
ISOLATED HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE IN THE DAY AND TONIGHT.

NCZ100-060715-
BRUNSWICK-
1130 AM EDT SAT APR 5 2008

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRIEF
MINOR STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN ANY PROLONGED DOWNPOUR.
ISOLATED HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE IN THE DAY AND TONIGHT.

RJD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:07 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 9:36 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMDarlington, Florence37 hr
Apr 5, 8:43 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMRobeson7 days
Apr 6, 5:39 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementILM14 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Every river flood warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.