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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 20, 2013Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Aug 20, 2013, 10:22 AM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 21, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2013, 10:22 AM EDT (14:22 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 21, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 22, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pee Dee River at Pee Dee (PDES1). The gauge peaked at 19.21 ft at Aug 23, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02131000, 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 Aug 20, 7:17 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 7:17 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 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
Aug 20, 7:05 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	115 min
Aug 20, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington	54 min
Aug 20, 2:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Pender	2 hr
Aug 20, 3:31 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	7 hr
Aug 20, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	118 min
Aug 20, 7:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Robeson	57 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.