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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 2, 2013Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Jul 2, 2013, 5:50 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jul 3, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 26 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2013, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 28, 2013, 9:13 PM EDT
In force: 26 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Waccamaw River near Conway (CNWS1).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02110704, 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 2, 3:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:33 PM EDT, 17 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 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, 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 1, 10:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	5 days
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 South 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.