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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Wilmington, NC

November 11, 20206 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood watch at Nov 11, 2020, 3:20 AM EST for 6 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Nov 12, 2020, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 11, 2020, 3:20 AM EST (08:20 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 12, 2020, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 12, 2020, 3:34 PM EST
In force: 16 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 08:21 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.

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 Nov 11, 12:29 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 12:29 AM EST, 2 hours 51 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
Nov 11, 2:18 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	6 hr
Nov 11, 4:23 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Robeson	98 min
Nov 11, 2:34 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence, Marion	3 hr
Nov 11, 2:57 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence, Williamsburg	95 min
Nov 11, 3:29 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Marion	3 hr
Nov 11, 6:29 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2020 Every 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.