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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 9, 2020Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2020, 9:33 AM EDT for Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 9, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2020, 9:33 AM EDT (13:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 12, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Dillon County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little Pee Dee River near Galivants Ferry (GALS1). The gauge peaked at 8.95 ft at Mar 9, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02135000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2020Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.