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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Wilmington, NC

December 16, 2023Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 16, 2023, 8:05 PM EST for Darlington County, Florence County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 18, 2023, 8:30 AM EST. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 16, 2023, 8:05 PM EST (01:05 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2023, 8:30 AM EST
Expired: Jan 6, 2024, 8:05 PM EST
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Darlington County, SC, Florence County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black Creek (SC) near Quinby (BCRS1). The gauge peaked at 8.59 ft at Dec 19, 2023, 9:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02130980, 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 Dec 16, 6:55 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 6:55 PM EST, 1 hour 10 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 17, 11:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	4 days
Dec 17, 1:55 PM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick	64 min
Dec 17, 2:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	58 min
Dec 17, 2:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson	66 min
Dec 17, 2:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	30 min
Dec 17, 3:01 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Columbus	4 hr
Dec 17, 3:34 PM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	2 hr
Dec 17, 6:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Robeson	90 min
Dec 17, 6:41 PM EST	Gale Warning	ILM		15 hr
Dec 17, 6:54 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		36 min
Dec 17, 10:41 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg	3 hr
Dec 17, 11:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Horry	4 days
Dec 17, 11:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	20 min
Dec 17, 1:11 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threat	ILM	Georgetown	5 hr
Dec 17, 1:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	56 min
Dec 17, 1:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Horry	16 min
Dec 17, 1:35 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Horry	5 hr
Dec 17, 2:05 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry, Marion	4 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.