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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Wilmington, NC

November 17, 2018Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 17, 2018, 9:15 AM EST for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 18, 2018, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 2018, 9:15 AM EST (14:15 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 18, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 20, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
In force
48 hr
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 14:16 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 Lock 1 (CPFN7). The gauge peaked at 23.74 ft at Nov 18, 2018, 7:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
22 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02105769, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 9:15 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMDillon, Horry, Marion15 days
Nov 17, 9:15 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMFlorence5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2018Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.