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River Flood Warning 87, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 16, 2020Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 16, 2020, 9:02 PM EST for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 17, 2020, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2020, 9:02 PM EST (02:02 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2020, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 19, 2021, 8:47 AM EST
In force
33 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 02:05 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 Pee Dee River at Pee Dee (PDES1).

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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 4:18 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover9 hr
Dec 17, 9:46 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMBladen, Cumberland4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2020Every 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.