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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 1, 2013Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Jul 1, 2013, 10:40 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 2, 2013, 11:36 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2013, 10:40 PM EDT (02:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 2, 2013, 11:36 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2013, 12:56 PM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 1, 10:37 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:37 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 8:28 AM EDT, 14 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
828 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-021230-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
828 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-254-256-021230-
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-
828 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-021230-
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
828 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ110-021230-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-
828 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK.
   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SGL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:39 PM EDT, 1 minute 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 1, 9:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry, Marion	90 min
Jul 1, 10:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	3 hr
Jul 1, 10:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion	21 days
Jul 1, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		59 min
Jul 1, 11:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	112 min
Jul 2, 8:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Marlboro and 1 more	116 min
Jul 2, 8:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	2 hr
Jul 2, 9:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon, Georgetown, Horry, Marion	116 min
Jul 2, 9:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry, Marion	3 hr
Jul 2, 10:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion	2 hr
Jul 2, 10:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	52 min
Jul 2, 12:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence, Marion, Williamsburg	3 hr
Jul 2, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	60 min
Jul 2, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	57 min
Jul 2, 5:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Horry	26 days
Jul 2, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	48 min
Jul 2, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	64 min
Jul 2, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro	64 min
Jul 2, 10:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	3 hr
Jul 2, 10:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	86 min
Jul 2, 10:46 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	ILM	Pender	7 days
Jul 2, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	46 min
Jul 2, 1:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender	118 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.