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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 19, 2020Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2020, 11:29 AM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 21, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2020, 11:29 AM EDT (15:29 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 10, 2020, 9:01 PM EDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pee Dee River at Pee Dee (PDES1). The gauge peaked at 27.89 ft at May 27, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02131000, 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 May 18, 7:48 PM EDT, 15 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 7:48 PM EDT, 15 hours 41 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
May 18, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	45 min
May 18, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	38 min
May 18, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	45 min
May 19, 4:28 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		47 min
May 19, 6:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		27 min
May 19, 6:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		14 min
May 19, 3:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	61 hr
May 19, 3:16 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		69 hr
May 19, 11:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2020 Every 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.