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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 21, 2024Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 21, 2024, 9:54 AM EDT for Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 22, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2024, 9:54 AM EDT (13:54 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 12, 2024, 9:54 AM EDT
In force
20 days
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 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 Waccamaw River at Longs (LNGS1). The gauge peaked at 12.34 ft at Sep 25, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02110500, 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
Sep 20, 9:41 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningILMBrunswick, New Hanover18 hr
Sep 21, 3:34 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, New Hanover12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2024River 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.