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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 31, 2011Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2011, 5:21 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2011, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 30, 7:55 PM EDT, 21 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 7:55 PM EDT, 21 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 7:39 PM EDT, 21 hours 42 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
Jul 31, 2:15 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	14 hr
Jul 31, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence, Horry, Marion	55 min
Jul 31, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	59 min
Jul 31, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	56 min
Jul 31, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	42 min
Jul 31, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion	55 min
Jul 31, 3:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence	119 min
Jul 31, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	58 min
Jul 31, 3:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	2 hr
Jul 31, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	53 min
Jul 31, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus, Pender	43 min
Jul 31, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus, Pender	40 min
Jul 31, 6:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Pender	2 hr

Nearby

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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.