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High Surf Advisory 1, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 10, 2018Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this high surf advisory at Oct 10, 2018, 1:04 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 10, 2018, 1:04 PM EDT (17:04 UTC)
Expired: Oct 11, 2018, 7:43 PM EDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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 high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Oct 10, 10:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 10:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 10, 4:56 AM EDT, 8 hours 8 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
Oct 9, 10:02 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	40 hr
Oct 9, 10:02 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	46 hr
Oct 10, 4:54 AM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	42 hr
Oct 10, 3:07 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	23 hr
Oct 10, 7:40 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Oct 10, 10:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Florence, Williamsburg	84 min
Oct 10, 10:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Marlboro	85 min
Oct 10, 11:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Florence	92 min
Oct 10, 12:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion, Marlboro	49 min

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2018 High Surf Advisories in South Carolina, 2018 Every high surf advisory 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.