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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 8, 2024Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2024, 11:21 AM EST for Florence County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 9, 2024, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2024, 11:21 AM EST (16:21 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 11, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
44 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Florence County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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 Lynches River at Effingham (EFFS1). The gauge peaked at 13.18 ft at Mar 9, 2024, 3:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02132000, 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
Mar 8, 3:06 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryILM3 days
Mar 8, 2:15 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender21 hr
Mar 8, 11:21 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMDarlington, Florence21 days
Mar 8, 11:21 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMFlorence, Marion8 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.