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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 13, 20186 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina

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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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 3:12 AM EST, 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 3:14 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryILM3 days
Dec 13, 10:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMPender10 days
Dec 12, 8:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMFlorence7 days
Dec 12, 8:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMWilliamsburg14 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.