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Flood Watch 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 9, 20155 counties in North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flood watch at May 9, 2015, 3:29 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 9, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2015, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 10, 2015, 10:52 PM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Flood severity: None

Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 9, 2:41 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:41 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 5:03 AM EDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 12:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 9, 12:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 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
May 9, 4:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	44 min
May 9, 6:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	37 min
May 9, 7:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	40 min
May 9, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	64 min
May 9, 1:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	3 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2015 Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2015 Every flood watch in 2015

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.