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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2020, 9:57 AM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 30, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2020, 9:57 AM EDT (13:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Bladen County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 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 Cape Fear River at Elizabethtown (ELZN7).
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 35 ft
- Major stage
- 42 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 29, 8:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 8:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 8:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 825 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-301230- Robeson-Marlboro-Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion- 825 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. SCZ039-301230- Williamsburg- 825 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall could lead to localized flooding today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ105-107-109-SCZ055-058-301230- Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Little River Inlet to Murrells Inlet SC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Murrells Inlet to South Santee River SC out 20 nm-Inland Pender-Inland New Hanover-Inland Brunswick- Inland Georgetown-Central Horry- 825 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters, southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ096-099-SCZ059-301230- Bladen-Columbus-Northern Horry- 825 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-301230- Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 825 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Beach Hazards Statement for Strong Longshore Current. Moderate Risk of Rip Currents. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. dch
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:08 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 15 hr |
| May 29, 8:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 16 hr |
| May 29, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 65 min |
| May 29, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 91 min |
| May 29, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 56 min |
| May 29, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington | 46 min |
| May 29, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 40 min |
| May 29, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon | 36 min |
| May 29, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 66 min |
| May 29, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 51 min |
| May 29, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence, Marion | 60 min |
Nearby
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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.