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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 13, 2014Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2014, 9:24 AM EDT for Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 13, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2014, 9:24 AM EDT (13:24 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Dillon County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Pee Dee River near Galivants Ferry (GALS1). The gauge peaked at 9.01 ft at Mar 14, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02135000, 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 Mar 13, 6:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 6:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick62 min
Mar 13, 2:51 AM EDTRed Flag WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson15 hr
Mar 13, 4:05 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryILM14 hr
Mar 12, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry39 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.