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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 1, 2009Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood watch at Mar 1, 2009, 4:05 PM EST for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 3, 2009, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2009, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 2, 2009, 10:54 AM EST
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 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pee Dee River at Pee Dee (PDES1). The gauge peaked at 18.79 ft at Mar 3, 2009, 10:00 AM EST.

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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood watch went out at Mar 1, 3:15 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 3:15 PM EST, 50 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 3:34 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	23 hr
Mar 1, 3:34 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILM	Dillon	23 hr
Mar 1, 9:08 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		52 min
Mar 1, 11:19 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	5 days
Mar 1, 11:22 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2009 Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.