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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 17, 2022Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2022, 10:33 AM EDT for Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 17, 2022, 11:06 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2022, 10:33 AM EDT (14:33 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 17, 2022, 11:06 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2022, 5:43 PM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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 14:35 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 16.02 ft at Mar 18, 2022, 11:00 PM 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 Mar 17, 9:55 AM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 9:55 AM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 6:19 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 7:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 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
Mar 16, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		45 min
Mar 17, 10:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	4 days
Mar 16, 9:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	4 days
Mar 17, 12:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	25 min
Mar 17, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	30 min
Mar 17, 1:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	24 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.