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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC

January 10, 2024Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Jan 10, 2024, 10:00 AM EST for Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 10, 2024, 7:26 PM EST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2024, 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 10, 2024, 7:26 PM EST
Expired: Jan 18, 2024, 8:29 AM EST
In force: 8 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 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7). The gauge peaked at 16.67 ft at Jan 14, 2024, 7:00 AM EST.

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.

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 Jan 9, 6:44 PM EST, 15 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 6:44 PM EST, 15 hours 16 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
Jan 9, 7:22 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	ILM		83 min
Jan 9, 9:27 PM EST	Gale Warning	ILM		14 hr
Jan 10, 6:48 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	5 hr
Jan 10, 11:51 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		15 hr
Jan 9, 8:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	4 days
Jan 10, 10:01 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Horry	39 hr

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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.