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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 12, 2018, 8:54 PM EST for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 13, 2018, 4:20 PM EST. It was in force for 9 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2018, 8:54 PM EST (01:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 13, 2018, 4:20 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2018, 3:17 PM EST
- In force
- 9 days
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Bladen County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7). The gauge peaked at 25.50 ft at Nov 16, 2018, 10:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 41 ft
- Minor stage
- 42 ft
- Moderate stage
- 55 ft
- Major stage
- 65 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02105500, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Nov 12, 7:16 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 7:16 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 8:54 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 8 days |
| Nov 13, 12:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 48 min | |
| Nov 13, 1:04 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 41 min | |
| Nov 13, 1:23 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Robeson | 3 hr |
| Nov 13, 1:28 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 62 min | |
| Nov 13, 1:37 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 53 min | |
| Nov 13, 1:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 53 min |
| Nov 13, 2:25 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 51 min | |
| Nov 13, 2:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 34 min | |
| Nov 13, 2:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 25 min |
| Nov 13, 2:56 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 49 min | |
| Nov 13, 4:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 4 hr |
| Nov 13, 3:17 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 14 hr | |
| Nov 13, 12:20 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 3 hr |
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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.