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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, NC

February 12, 2023Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Feb 12, 2023, 9:22 PM EST for Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 13, 2023, 4:33 PM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2023, 9:22 PM EST (02:22 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2023, 4:33 PM EST
Expired
Feb 16, 2023, 8:24 PM EST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bladen County, NC, Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7). The gauge peaked at 10.31 ft at Feb 14, 2023, 5:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
41 ft
Minor stage
42 ft
Moderate stage
55 ft
Major stage
65 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02105500, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 9:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMFlorence, Marion8 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

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.