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Gale Watch 6, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 19, 2018

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this gale watch at Dec 19, 2018, 8:47 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 20, 2018, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2018, 8:47 PM EST (01:47 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2018, 3:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 20, 2018, 3:20 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Dec 19, 6:51 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 6:51 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 3:28 PM EST, 5 hours 19 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
Dec 20, 3:15 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	6 hr
Dec 20, 3:18 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	18 hr
Dec 20, 3:20 AM EST	Gale Warning	ILM		51 hr
Dec 20, 9:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	5 days
Dec 20, 3:41 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		64 min
Dec 20, 4:10 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		35 min
Dec 20, 4:20 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		25 min
Dec 20, 4:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		40 min
Dec 20, 5:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	65 min
Dec 20, 6:42 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		63 min
Dec 20, 9:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Florence	5 days

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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.