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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 27, 2015Pender County, North Carolina

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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 10:20 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson8 hr
Dec 27, 8:09 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015Every 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.