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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 7, 20165 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this areal flood warning at Feb 7, 2016, 3:57 PM EST for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2016, 3:57 PM EST (20:57 UTC)
Expired: Feb 7, 2016, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Feb 7, 3:47 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 3:47 PM EST, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 3:40 PM EST, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 7, 2:27 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 3:07 PM EST, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 3:22 PM EST, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 3:36 PM EST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
336 PM EST SUN FEB 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     SNOW             LUMBERTON               34.63N  79.01W
02/07/2016  E0.0 INCH        ROBESON            NC   PUBLIC

            VIDEO OF SNOW IN LUMBERTON.

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EVENT NUMBER ILM1600022

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Special weather statement, Feb 7, 3:40 PM EST, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
340 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2016

NCZ087-096-SCZ024-032-033-039-053-072215-
BLADEN-ROBESON-INLAND HORRY-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-
340 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2016

...A WINTRY MIX WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BLADEN...ROBESON...
NORTHWESTERN HORRY...MARION...DILLON...NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSBURG AND
FLORENCE COUNTIES...

AT 338 PM EST...AN AREA OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WAS ALONG AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 95 FROM LUMBERTON TO FLORENCE. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION
MAY GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY
DURING TIMES OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS WINTRY MIX.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...LUMBERTON...MARION...DILLON...LAKE CITY...MULLINS...RED SPRINGS...
PEMBROKE...FAIRMONT...MAXTON...TIMMONSVILLE...ST. PAULS...JOHNSONVILLE...
LATTA...PAMPLICO...ROWLAND...QUINBY...LAKE VIEW...HEMINGWAY AND SELLERS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 141.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 214.
 INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 166...
AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 198.
 INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 38.
 US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 365 AND 374.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING.

LAT...LON 3490 7894 3484 7890 3485 7861 3446 7890
      3444 7896 3431 7907 3427 7904 3353 7957
      3396 7996 3400 7990 3409 8006 3425 7981
      3425 7976 3430 7973 3430 7963 3464 7946
      3477 7933 3484 7935 3483 7919 3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 000DEG 30KT 3442 7900

JDW

Local storm report, Feb 7, 3:56 PM EST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
356 PM EST SUN FEB 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0354 PM     FLOOD            3 S SUPPLY              33.98N  78.28W
02/07/2016                   BRUNSWICK          NC   PUBLIC

            FLOODING REPORTED IN THE EDGAR WOOD COMMUNITY IN
            SUPPLY.

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EVENT NUMBER ILM1600023

43

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 7, 3:22 AM EST	Storm Warning	ILM		18 hr
Feb 7, 8:09 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	111 min
Feb 7, 10:00 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	2 hr
Feb 7, 11:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	53 min
Feb 7, 11:56 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	3 hr
Feb 7, 1:03 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	3 hr
Feb 7, 2:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	90 min
Feb 7, 3:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	95 min
Feb 7, 6:08 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Pender	3 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.