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Heat Advisory 7, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 18, 20178 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this heat advisory at Aug 18, 2017, 3:21 AM EDT for 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 18, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 18, 2017, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 18, 3:07 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:07 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 7:55 PM EDT, 7 hours 26 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
Aug 18, 2:43 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	6 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in South Carolina, 2017 Heat Advisories in North Carolina, 2017 Every heat advisory in 2017

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.