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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 4, 20196 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood watch at Sep 4, 2019, 2:51 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 4, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2019, 2:51 AM EDT (06:51 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 4, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 6, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Flood severity
None

Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 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 flash flood 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 flash flood watch went out at Sep 4, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 11:39 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMPender11 days
Sep 4, 7:49 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender24 hr
Sep 4, 7:49 PM EDTRip Current StatementILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender24 hr
Sep 4, 10:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMHorry21 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2019Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2019Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.