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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 24, 2014Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2014, 9:29 AM EST for Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 26, 2014, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2014, 9:29 AM EST (14:29 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2014, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 2, 2015, 1:00 AM EST
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Black Creek (SC) near Quinby (BCRS1). The gauge peaked at 8.11 ft at Dec 26, 2014, 5:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02130980, 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 Dec 24, 6:30 AM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 6:30 AM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 5:03 AM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
503 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014

AMZ250-252-254-256-251015-
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
503 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   DENSE FOG ADVISORY.
   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

TIDES WILL RUN ABOUT ONE FOOT BELOW NORMAL LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 330 AM THURSDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-251015-
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
503 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEA FOG COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE-QUARTER MILE AT
TIMES ALONG THE BEACHES TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ087-096-099-105-107-109-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053-055-251015-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
503 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 9:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILMBrunswick33 min
Dec 24, 10:23 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender22 min
Dec 24, 11:07 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender113 min
Dec 24, 11:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender64 min
Dec 24, 11:25 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover95 min
Dec 24, 11:33 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender6 hr
Dec 24, 11:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender64 min
Dec 24, 12:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILMNew Hanover, Pender24 min
Dec 24, 9:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMFlorence, Marion9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.