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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Wilmington, NC

November 4, 2015Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 4, 2015, 1:43 PM EST for Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Nov 4, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 23 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 4, 2015, 1:43 PM EST (18:43 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 4, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Nov 27, 2015, 6:50 PM EST
In force: 23 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Waccamaw River near Conway (CNWS1). The gauge peaked at 11.50 ft at Nov 15, 2015, 11:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02110704, 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 Nov 3, 6:52 PM EST, 18 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 6:52 PM EST, 18 hours 51 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
Nov 3, 10:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	3 days
Nov 4, 9:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Robeson	3 hr
Nov 4, 9:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	11 days
Nov 4, 11:56 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Columbus	2 hr
Nov 4, 6:40 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	3 hr
Nov 4, 7:43 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Florence, Williamsburg	2 hr
Nov 4, 10:14 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion	3 hr
Nov 4, 3:35 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Marion	3 hr

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.