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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 20, 2020Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 20, 2020, 8:48 PM EDT for Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 20, 2020, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2020, 10:04 AM EDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black River at Kingstree (KINS1). The gauge peaked at 13.98 ft at Sep 21, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02136000, 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 20, 3:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 3:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 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 20, 8:15 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Sep 20, 8:15 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Sep 21, 9:14 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		42 hr
Sep 21, 5:29 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr

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.