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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Wilmington, NC

November 23, 2015Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 23, 2015, 9:38 AM EST for Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 24, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 23, 2015, 9:38 AM EST (14:38 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 24, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Nov 26, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point N.E. Cape Fear River near Burgaw (BGWN7).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02108566, 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 22, 3:10 PM EST, 18 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 3:10 PM EST, 18 hours 28 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 23, 2:00 AM EST	Freeze Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	30 hr
Nov 23, 9:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion	8 days
Nov 23, 9:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Florence	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.