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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 30, 2013Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 30, 2013, 9:54 AM EST for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 31, 2013, 10:35 AM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2013, 9:54 AM EST (14:54 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 31, 2013, 10:35 AM EST
Expired
Jan 1, 2014, 9:24 AM EST
In force
23 hr
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 14:53 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 Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7).

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.

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.