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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 31, 2023Columbus County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2023, 2:46 AM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2023, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Columbus County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 31, 12:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 12:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 8:12 PM EDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 19 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
Jul 30, 11:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Robeson	3 hr
Jul 30, 11:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Columbus	3 hr
Jul 31, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		66 min
Jul 31, 1:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		94 min
Jul 31, 3:02 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	9 hr
Jul 31, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	66 min
Jul 31, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	59 min
Jul 31, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	60 min
Jul 31, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	59 min
Jul 31, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		2 hr
Jul 30, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	63 min
Jul 30, 9:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	3 hr
Jul 31, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	41 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.