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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 25, 2016Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 25, 2016, 8:43 PM EST for Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2016, 8:43 PM EST (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2016, 10:00 PM EST
In force
49 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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 Black Creek (SC) near Quinby (BCRS1). The gauge peaked at 10.98 ft at Feb 26, 2016, 1:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02130980, 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 Feb 25, 6:33 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 6:33 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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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.