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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 24, 2017Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2017, 9:22 AM EDT for Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 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: Apr 24, 2017, 9:22 AM EDT (13:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2017, 12:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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 flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Apr 24, 7:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 7:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 9:02 AM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
902 AM EDT MON APR 24 2017

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

0858 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S ANDREWS             33.43N  79.57W
04/24/2017                   GEORGETOWN         SC   CO-OP OBSERVER

            FLOODING REPORTED ON S BEECH AVE IN ANDREWS. MEASURED
            OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN. ONE RESIDENT HAD WATER COMING
            INTO HER HOUSE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1700054

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 9:09 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
909 AM EDT MON APR 24 2017

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

0905 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ANDREWS                 33.45N  79.57W
04/24/2017                   GEORGETOWN         SC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL STRUCTURES FLOODED IN ANDREWS... ESPECIALLY
            ALONG ROSEMARY AVENUE WHICH IS IMPASSABLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ILM1700055

SRP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 2:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington	40 min
Apr 24, 3:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	41 min
Apr 24, 5:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	108 min
Apr 24, 7:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	112 min
Apr 24, 8:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	6 hr
Apr 24, 10:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg	3 hr
Apr 24, 10:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Florence, Marion	16 days
Apr 24, 10:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	5 days
Apr 24, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		63 min
Apr 24, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		50 min
Apr 24, 8:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	113 min
Apr 24, 10:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	7 days
Apr 24, 1:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick	3 hr
Apr 24, 3:52 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	7 hr
Apr 24, 4:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	115 min
Apr 24, 5:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Pender	3 hr
Apr 24, 5:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	New Hanover, 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.