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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 28, 2009Darlington County, Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina; Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this winter storm watch at Feb 28, 2009, 4:16 PM EST for Darlington County, Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina; Robeson County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 1, 2009, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2009, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 1, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 1, 2009, 3:34 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 28, 12:28 PM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 12:28 PM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST, 10 hours 54 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
Feb 28, 3:21 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		66 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in South Carolina, 2009 Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina, 2009 Every winter storm 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.