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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
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 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
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 9:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 37 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:43 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 7 days |
| Apr 6, 5:39 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | ILM | 14 hr |
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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.