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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2015, 9:49 AM EST for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 7, 2015, 4:20 AM EST. It was in force for 59 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2015, 9:49 AM EST (14:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2015, 4:20 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2015, 4:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 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 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7). The gauge peaked at 10.76 ft at Mar 7, 2015, 11:00 PM EST.
- 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.
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 5, 6:51 PM EST, 14 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 6:51 PM EST, 14 hours 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 10:01 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 8 hr |
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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.