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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 19, 2020Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this high surf advisory at Sep 19, 2020, 2:41 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 19, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2020, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 19, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 22, 2020, 1:07 PM EDT
In force
64 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 18:40 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 19, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 8:38 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender23 hr
Sep 19, 12:16 PM EDTRip Current StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender8 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2020High Surf Advisories in South Carolina, 2020Every high surf advisory 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.