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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 11, 2013Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Jul 11, 2013, 10:55 AM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 12, 2013, 3:12 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2013, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 12, 2013, 3:12 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 17, 2013, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 5 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 14:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7). The gauge peaked at 14.21 ft at Jul 14, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 41 ft
Minor stage: 42 ft
Moderate stage: 55 ft
Major stage: 65 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02105500, 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 10, 7:37 PM EDT, 15 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 7:37 PM EDT, 15 hours 18 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 11, 3:14 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		24 hr
Jul 11, 1:38 PM EDT	Flood Watch	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	54 hr
Jul 11, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	26 min
Jul 11, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	34 min
Jul 11, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	63 min
Jul 11, 7:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence, Marion	2 hr
Jul 11, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	45 min
Jul 11, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	26 min

Nearby

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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.