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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2015, 10:59 AM EST for Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 30, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2015, 10:59 AM EST (15:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 30, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 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 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point N.E. Cape Fear River near Burgaw (BGWN7). The gauge peaked at 10.19 ft at Jan 1, 2016, 1:00 PM EST.
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 10:20 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:09 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 4 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.