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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 8, 2023Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2023, 9:40 PM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 10, 2023, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2023, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2023, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2023, 2:50 PM EDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pee Dee River at Pee Dee (PDES1). The gauge peaked at 22.51 ft at Apr 14, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02131000, 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 Apr 8, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 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
Apr 8, 8:16 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Apr 8, 9:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	5 days
Apr 9, 10:12 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	21 days
Apr 9, 3:02 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	11 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.