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High Surf Advisory 1, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 3, 2019Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this high surf advisory at Sep 3, 2019, 3:20 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 4, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 2019, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 4, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 6, 2019, 9:48 AM EDT
In force: 44 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 19:22 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 Sep 3, 1:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 1:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 11:11 AM EDT, 4 hours 9 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
Sep 2, 8:14 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Sep 3, 2:45 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	8 hr
Sep 3, 11:01 AM EDT	Hurricane Watch	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	6 hr
Sep 3, 11:06 AM EDT	Storm Surge Watch	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	6 hr
Sep 3, 11:06 AM EDT	Tropical Storm Watch	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	6 hr
Sep 3, 5:02 PM EDT	Hurricane Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	63 hr
Sep 3, 5:02 PM EDT	Storm Surge Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	60 hr
Sep 3, 5:02 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	67 hr
Sep 3, 7:41 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	24 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2019 High Surf Advisories in South Carolina, 2019 Every high surf advisory 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.