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River Flood Advisory 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 29, 2018Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood advisory at May 29, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2018, 9:53 AM EDT
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point N.E. Cape Fear River near Burgaw (BGWN7). The gauge peaked at 9.37 ft at Jun 1, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02108566, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood advisory went out at May 28, 7:03 PM EDT, 15 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 7:03 PM EDT, 15 hours 57 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.