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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 3, 2013Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2013, 9:38 AM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 3, 2013, 10:33 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2013, 9:38 AM EDT (13:38 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 3, 2013, 10:33 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 12, 2013, 10:33 AM EDT
In force
9 days
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point N.E. Cape Fear River near Burgaw (BGWN7). The gauge peaked at 13.41 ft at Jul 6, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02108566, 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 3, 7:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 7:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 4:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013

NCZ087-096-099-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-040830-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ250-252-254-256-040830-
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-
426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ106-108-110-040830-
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-
426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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.

   MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SCZ054-056-040830-
COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ105-107-109-040830-
INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-
426 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDillon60 min
Jul 3, 6:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMDarlington, Florence114 min
Jul 3, 8:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMHorry90 min
Jul 3, 9:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMHorry2 hr
Jul 3, 9:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMWilliamsburg110 min
Jul 3, 11:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILMFlorence, Williamsburg3 hr
Jul 3, 11:53 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILMDillon, Florence, Marion, Williamsburg3 hr
Jul 3, 12:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDillon, Marion, Marlboro40 min
Jul 3, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDillon48 min
Jul 3, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMFlorence56 min
Jul 3, 2:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMWilliamsburg117 min
Jul 3, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence, Marion61 min
Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILMFlorence, Marion, Williamsburg3 hr
Jul 3, 6:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILMHorry, Marion3 hr
Jul 3, 7:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMWilliamsburg113 min
Jul 3, 7:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILMFlorence3 hr
Jul 3, 11:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, Pender2 hr
Jul 3, 11:33 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILMBrunswick, Pender3 hr
Jul 3, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMRobeson57 min
Jul 3, 5:03 PM EDTRip Current StatementILMBrunswick3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2013Every 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.