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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 3, 2016Brunswick County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Feb 3, 2016, 10:17 PM EST for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2016, 10:17 PM EST (03:17 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2016, 11:15 PM EST
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

County Brunswick County, NC

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Feb 3, 7:03 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 7:03 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 6:27 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:45 PM EST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 3, 10:17 PM 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 4, 4:37 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	4 hr
Feb 4, 6:18 AM EST	Gale Watch	ILM		9 hr
Feb 4, 11:10 AM EST	Flood Watch	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	14 hr
Feb 4, 11:39 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	4 days
Feb 4, 11:39 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Pender	12 days
Feb 4, 11:39 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	26 days
Feb 4, 3:00 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		28 hr
Feb 4, 3:33 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	57 min
Feb 4, 11:39 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion	32 days
Feb 4, 11:39 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Florence, Marion	9 days
Feb 4, 11:39 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	4 days
Feb 4, 11:39 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	7 days

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.