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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 5, 2024Florence County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Aug 5, 2024, 9:34 PM EDT for Florence County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 7, 2024, 9:12 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2024, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 7, 2024, 9:12 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 11, 2024, 9:51 AM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Florence County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Lynches River at Effingham (EFFS1). The gauge peaked at 15.58 ft at Aug 8, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT.

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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.

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 Aug 5, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 8:05 PM EDTRip Current StatementILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender48 hr
Aug 5, 10:41 PM EDTTropical Storm WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender63 hr
Aug 6, 2:41 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender3 days
Aug 6, 5:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM61 min
Aug 6, 7:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM58 min
Aug 6, 7:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM112 min
Aug 6, 8:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM23 min
Aug 6, 8:32 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick28 min
Aug 6, 8:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM56 min
Aug 6, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM33 min
Aug 6, 9:04 AM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus26 min
Aug 6, 9:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM52 min
Aug 6, 10:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM17 min
Aug 6, 12:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM39 min
Aug 6, 1:07 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus12 min
Aug 6, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick12 min
Aug 6, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM28 min
Aug 6, 3:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMPender13 days
Aug 6, 3:51 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick24 min
Aug 6, 4:07 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus38 min
Aug 6, 4:20 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover10 hr
Aug 6, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM34 min
Aug 6, 6:30 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatILMBrunswick, Columbus3 hr
Aug 6, 9:09 AM EDTTornado WarningILMGeorgetown, Williamsburg24 min
Aug 6, 9:46 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatILMGeorgetown, Horry, Marion5 hr
Aug 6, 10:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMHorry, Marion18 days
Aug 6, 10:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMDillon, Horry, Marion16 days
Aug 6, 10:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMHorry25 days
Aug 6, 10:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMFlorence, Marion21 days
Aug 6, 10:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMWilliamsburg21 days
Aug 6, 11:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILMHorry4 hr
Aug 6, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningILMHorry19 min

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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.