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Areal Flood Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 17, 2012New Hanover County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this areal flood warning at May 17, 2012, 10:26 PM EDT for New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2012, 10:26 PM EDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2012, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County New Hanover County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at May 17, 8:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 8:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 3:24 AM EDT, 19 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
324 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-180730-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-
INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
324 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SLOW MOVING AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING ISOLATED FLOODING
TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

AMZ250-252-254-256-180730-
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
324 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 6:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
615 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

NCZ096-105-172315-
BLADEN-INLAND PENDER-
615 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PENDER AND BLADEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...

AT 616 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MONTAGUE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BURGAW...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BURGAW...ASHTON...CURRIE...KELLY...
LONG CREEK...MALPASS CORNER...MONTAGUE...POINT CASWELL...ROOKS...
ROWAN...THE BOROUGH AND WARDS CORNER.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DIME SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

&&

LAT...LON 3439 7790 3437 7796 3438 7796 3436 7799
      3434 7805 3437 7814 3436 7816 3435 7820
      3440 7825 3437 7832 3457 7840 3458 7826
      3457 7825 3458 7824 3458 7789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 071DEG 6KT 3445 7807

BACON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 8:38 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryILM70 hr
May 17, 8:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMDillon, Marlboro3 hr
May 17, 8:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender2 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Every areal flood warning in 2012

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.