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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood watch at Dec 13, 2018, 3:55 AM EST for 6 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 14, 2018, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2018, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2018, 9:18 AM EST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Flood severity
- None
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 08:57 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 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 flash flood watch went out at Dec 13, 3:49 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 3:49 AM EST, 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 3:14 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 3 days | |
| Dec 13, 10:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 10 days |
| Dec 12, 8:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Florence | 7 days |
| Dec 12, 8:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 14 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2018Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2018Every flash flood watch in 2018
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.