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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

January 11, 2014Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2014, 8:48 PM EST for Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 12, 2014, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2014, 8:48 PM EST (01:48 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2014, 5:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 16, 2014, 11:00 PM EST
In force: 4 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 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black Creek (SC) near Quinby (BCRS1).

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 Jan 11, 6:23 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 6:23 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 6:03 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 11, 3:47 PM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
347 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W LATTA               34.34N  79.45W
01/11/2014                   DILLON             SC   911 CALL CENTER

            DOWNED TREE ON HIGHWAY 917 NEAR LATTA

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1400002

BJR

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 4:04 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
404 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

SCZ032-039-112200-
FLORENCE-WILLIAMSBURG-
404 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WILLIAMSBURG AND FLORENCE
COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EST...

AT 404 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF
KINGSTREE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE KINGSTREE...LAKE CITY...CADES...
EVERGREEN...FRIENDFIELD...HANNAH...HEBRON...HEBRON CROSSROADS...
HYMAN...KINGSBURG...NEW HOPE AND NIXONVILLE.

THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3372 7998 3377 8000 3383 7991 3388 7989
      3388 7994 3390 7996 3418 7957 3412 7952
      3410 7952 3407 7954 3404 7951 3399 7951
      3396 7948 3395 7949 3389 7940 3386 7938
      3354 8001 3361 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 236DEG 44KT 3375 7996

BACON

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 4:14 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
414 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

NCZ099-SCZ053-112200-
COLUMBUS-INLAND HORRY-
414 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HORRY AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES
THROUGH 500 PM EST...

AT 414 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BAYBORO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLINS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WHITEVILLE...BAYBORO...CHADBOURN...
CHERRY GROVE...CLARENDON...GREEN SEA...HALLSBORO...HORRY...LAKE
WACCAMAW...REDBUG...SIDNEY AND TABOR CITY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3435 7844 3393 7914 3409 7925 3411 7922
      3412 7922 3413 7921 3415 7921 3416 7920
      3439 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 229DEG 52KT 3412 7909

BACON

Local storm report, Jan 11, 4:22 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
422 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0349 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WNW DUBLIN            34.67N  78.78W
01/11/2014                   BLADEN             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            DOWNED TREE AT HIGHWAY 131 NEAR REEDY MEADOW ROAD -
            TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1400003

BJR

Local storm report, Jan 11, 5:54 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 11, 6:28 PM EST, 2 hours 20 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
Jan 12, 12:54 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	8 days
Jan 11, 10:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	56 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2014 Every 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.