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Flood Watch 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flood watch at Dec 2, 2009, 9:31 PM EST for Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 2, 2009, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2009, 9:31 PM EST (02:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2009, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2009, 12:19 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Dec 2, 9:06 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 9:06 PM EST, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 2, 8:08 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 808 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 NCZ096-097-099-030200- COLUMBUS-BLADEN-PENDER- 808 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN BLADEN AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES... AT 807 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS...4 MILES EAST OF LAKE WACCAMAW...OR 15 MILES EAST OF WHITEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE CARVERS...COUNCIL... FREEMAN...KELLY...LAGOON...LAKE WACCAMAW...ROWAN...BOLTON AND EAST ARCADIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM. MBB
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 8:16 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 816 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 SCZ033-034-039-046-030230- MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH... KINGSTREE...GEORGETOWN 816 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... THROUGH 930 PM...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR RAINS TO BRITTON NECK TO GEORGETOWN...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD GARDEN CITY...MYRTLE BEACH...LORIS...AND NICHOLS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM NEAR TRIO WILL MOVE TOWARD ANDREWS AND HEMINGWAY...ALSO PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. RAS
Local storm report, Dec 2, 8:26 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
826 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ENE DOVESVILLE 34.41N 79.86W
12/02/2009 M47.00 MPH DARLINGTON SC PUBLIC
47 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED BY SENSOR. FOLDING CHAIRS BLOWN
OFF OF PORCH AND TREE LIMBS DOWN.
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WEISSSpecial weather statement, Dec 2, 8:39 PM EST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 839 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 NCZ087-096-099-SCZ024-034-030245- COLUMBUS-BLADEN-ROBESON-DILLON-HORRY- 839 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FAIR BLUFF RACING NORTHEAST... AT 838 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS...3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE VIEW...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MULLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE ELIZABETHTOWN... LUMBERTON...ABBOTTSBURG...AMMON...BARKER TEN MILE...BARNESVILLE... BLADENBORO...BOARDMAN...DUART...EMERSON...EVERGREEN AND FAIR BLUFF. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM. MBB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 8:34 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 30 min | |
| Dec 2, 8:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 62 min | |
| Dec 2, 9:09 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 81 min |
| Dec 2, 9:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 33 min |
| Dec 2, 9:31 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| Dec 2, 9:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 46 min | |
| Dec 2, 10:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 49 min | |
| Dec 2, 10:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 62 min | |
| Dec 3, 2:35 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 27 hr | |
| Dec 2, 9:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 47 min |
| Dec 2, 10:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 30 min |
| Dec 2, 10:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Pender | 31 min |
Nearby
Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2009Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2009Every flood watch in 2009
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.