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Gale Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 31, 2023

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this gale warning at Aug 31, 2023, 4:52 PM EDT. It took effect at Aug 31, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 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: Aug 31, 2023, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 31, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 31, 2023, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Aug 31, 3:56 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 3:56 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 11:23 AM EDT, 5 hours 29 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
Aug 30, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		32 min
Aug 30, 10:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick	13 min
Aug 30, 10:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	5 hr
Aug 30, 11:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	4 hr
Aug 31, 12:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Pender, Robeson	3 hr
Aug 31, 12:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	2 hr
Aug 31, 12:58 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	11 hr
Aug 31, 1:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	3 hr
Aug 31, 1:54 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		5 hr
Aug 31, 2:34 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	11 hr
Aug 31, 7:19 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		20 hr
Aug 30, 9:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Florence, Marion, Williamsburg	4 hr
Aug 30, 10:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Horry	5 hr

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.