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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 4, 2010Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2010, 9:46 PM EST for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 5, 2010, 3:43 AM EST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2010, 9:46 PM EST (02:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2010, 3:43 AM EST
Expired
Feb 13, 2010, 12:34 PM EST
In force
8 days
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 02:49 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 river

Written for the forecast point Cape Fear River at Elizabethtown (ELZN7).

Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
35 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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
Feb 4, 9:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMWilliamsburg37 hr
Feb 4, 9:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMDillon, Horry, Marion18 days
Feb 4, 9:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMDarlington, Florence38 hr
Feb 5, 3:37 AM ESTGale WarningILM23 hr
Feb 5, 3:59 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILM14 hr
Feb 4, 9:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMBladen12 days
Feb 5, 5:42 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILM9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.