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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 4, 2019Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 4, 2019, 10:12 AM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 5, 2019, 11:57 PM EDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 2019, 10:12 AM EDT (14:12 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 5, 2019, 11:57 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 25, 2019, 10:12 AM EDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Waccamaw River near Conway (CNWS1). The gauge peaked at 12.48 ft at Sep 7, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02110704, 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 Sep 4, 9:13 AM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 9:13 AM EDT, 59 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 3, 11:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Pender	11 days
Sep 4, 2:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	50 hr
Sep 4, 7:49 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Sep 4, 7:49 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	24 hr

Nearby

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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.