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Flood Watch 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 24, 20246 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flood watch at Jul 24, 2024, 4:21 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Jul 24, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2024, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 24, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 26, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
53 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Flood severity
None

Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2024-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1800 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2024-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jul 24, 3:28 AM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:28 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson40 min
Jul 23, 8:22 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender24 hr
Jul 23, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen51 min
Jul 23, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson26 min
Jul 23, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson64 min
Jul 24, 1:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMRobeson4 hr
Jul 24, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus26 min
Jul 24, 3:13 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover12 hr
Jul 24, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus29 min
Jul 24, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus24 min
Jul 24, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen27 min
Jul 24, 7:52 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender24 hr
Jul 23, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro30 min
Jul 23, 11:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMMarlboro116 min
Jul 24, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro24 min
Jul 24, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMGeorgetown25 min
Jul 24, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg31 min
Jul 24, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMGeorgetown26 min
Jul 24, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMHorry36 min
Jul 24, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg34 min
Jul 24, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarion35 min
Jul 24, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg38 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.