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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 19, 2020Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2020, 9:46 PM EDT for Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 22, 2020, 4:38 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2020, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2020, 4:38 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2020, 9:46 PM EDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bladen County, NC, Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7).

Action stage: 41 ft
Minor stage: 42 ft
Moderate stage: 55 ft
Major stage: 65 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02105500, 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 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 19, 8:17 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
May 20, 10:30 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	14 hr
May 20, 10:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	21 days
May 20, 3:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Pender	77 min
May 20, 5:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen	77 min
May 19, 11:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Florence	3 hr
May 20, 1:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Florence, Williamsburg	74 min
May 20, 2:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Williamsburg	52 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North 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.