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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 22, 2023Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 22, 2023, 3:00 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 24, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2023, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 24, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 23, 2023, 10:46 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point N.E. Cape Fear River near Burgaw (BGWN7). The gauge peaked at 4.04 ft at Sep 24, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02108566, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 21, 8:03 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Sep 21, 8:03 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	39 hr
Sep 22, 2:35 PM EDT	Flood Watch	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.