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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood watch at Sep 16, 2020, 9:29 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 17, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2020, 9:29 AM EDT (13:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 17, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2020, 2:56 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 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 13:29 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 16, 6:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 6:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1:27 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 6 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2020Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2020Every flash flood watch in 2020
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.