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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 18, 2012Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 18, 2012, 11:45 AM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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: Sep 18, 2012, 11:45 AM EDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2012, 12:45 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Columbus County, NC

The radar

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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 Sep 17, 3:12 PM EDT, 20 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 3:12 PM EDT, 20 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 3:52 PM EDT, 19 hours 53 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
Sep 18, 8:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	23 min
Sep 18, 11:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	86 min
Sep 18, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	36 min
Sep 18, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	62 min
Sep 17, 11:44 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	14 hr
Sep 18, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	53 min
Sep 18, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	60 min
Sep 18, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	67 min
Sep 18, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	60 min
Sep 18, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	54 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 Every special weather statement 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.