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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 29, 2008Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood watch at Aug 29, 2008, 6:04 AM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 31, 2008, 11:36 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2008, 6:04 AM EDT (10:04 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 31, 2008, 11:36 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 29, 2008, 11:20 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Flood severity
None

Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Pee Dee River at Pee Dee (PDES1). The gauge peaked at 18.19 ft at Aug 30, 2008, 11:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02131000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 10:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMFlorence, Marion48 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2008Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.