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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 23, 2013Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Aug 23, 2013, 6:25 AM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2013, 6:25 AM EDT (10:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
3 days
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 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Pee Dee River at Pee Dee (PDES1). The gauge peaked at 19.37 ft at Aug 24, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT.

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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 23, 5:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 5:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg51 min
Aug 23, 7:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMFlorence64 min
Aug 23, 7:31 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMRobeson60 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South 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.