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Gale Warning 14, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 16, 2023

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this gale warning at Dec 16, 2023, 3:31 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 17, 2023, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 16, 2023, 3:31 AM EST (08:31 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2023, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 16, 2023, 3:13 PM EST
In force
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 Dec 16, 12:52 AM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 12:52 AM EST, 2 hours 39 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
Dec 16, 3:31 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		18 hr
Dec 16, 3:37 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	56 hr
Dec 16, 3:43 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	40 hr
Dec 16, 2:52 PM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	18 hr
Dec 16, 2:52 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	25 hr
Dec 16, 3:13 PM EST	Storm Warning	ILM		27 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.