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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 16, 2020Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 16, 2020, 9:27 PM EDT for Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 19, 2020, 6:40 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 16, 2020, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 19, 2020, 6:40 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 7, 2020, 9:27 PM EDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

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 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7). The gauge peaked at 6.39 ft at Oct 1, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT.

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.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 16, 6:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 6:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 16, 8:33 PM EDT, 54 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
Sep 16, 8:04 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Sep 17, 3:19 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		31 hr
Sep 17, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		40 min
Sep 17, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	24 min
Sep 17, 7:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick	118 min
Sep 17, 11:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	5 days
Sep 17, 1:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	3 hr
Sep 17, 1:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	37 min
Sep 17, 1:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Horry	29 min
Sep 17, 1:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	41 min
Sep 17, 2:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Florence, Marlboro	3 hr
Sep 17, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	33 min
Sep 17, 2:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro	3 hr
Sep 17, 3:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Florence, Marion	28 min
Sep 17, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence, Williamsburg	106 min
Sep 17, 3:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Marion	9 min
Sep 17, 4:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Dillon, Marion	13 min
Sep 17, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Marion	109 min
Sep 17, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	30 min
Sep 17, 5:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry, Marion	2 hr
Sep 17, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	34 min
Sep 17, 6:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Horry	24 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.