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Gale Watch 4, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 23, 2016

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this gale watch at Feb 23, 2016, 3:42 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2016, 3:42 AM EST (08:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 3:22 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Feb 23, 3:34 AM EST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 3:34 AM EST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 3:42 AM EST, 0 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
Feb 23, 8:53 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	3 hr
Feb 23, 3:22 PM EST	Gale Warning	ILM		45 hr
Feb 23, 3:23 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	29 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.