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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 21, 2021Brunswick County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 21, 2021, 12:34 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2021, 12:34 PM EDT (16:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Brunswick County, NC

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 21, 12:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 12:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 12:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1234 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021

NCZ110-211715-
Coastal Brunswick NC-
1234 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021

...Gusts up to 40 mph and Torrential Rain  to Impact The Brunswick
County Coast...

At 1234 PM EDT, radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles
south of Ocean Crest Pier, moving northwest at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph, torrential rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Oak Island, Shallotte, Sunset Beach, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach,
Caswell Beach, Bald Head Island, Yaupon Beach, Ocean Crest Pier, St.
James, Southport, Civie Town, Seaside, Long Beach, Varnamtown and
Dosher Memorial Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3389 7796 3384 7796 3386 7801 3388 7801
      3387 7802 3389 7803 3391 7814 3391 7826
      3390 7837 3387 7851 3391 7858 3397 7832
      3397 7826 3394 7794 3393 7794
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 138DEG 30KT 3377 7814

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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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, 8:08 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Sep 21, 3:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	39 hr
Sep 21, 8:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	112 min
Sep 21, 9:13 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	4 hr
Sep 21, 10:11 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		14 hr
Sep 21, 11:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	3 hr
Sep 21, 1:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	3 hr
Sep 21, 5:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	New Hanover	21 min
Sep 21, 5:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	3 hr
Sep 21, 5:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Pender	3 hr

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Sources

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