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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, NC

September 27, 2024Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 27, 2024, 8:43 PM EDT for Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 29, 2024, 3:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 27, 2024, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 29, 2024, 3:30 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 18, 2024, 8:43 PM EDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pee Dee River at Pee Dee (PDES1). The gauge peaked at 23.10 ft at Oct 4, 2024, 10:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02131000, 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 Sep 27, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 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
Sep 27, 9:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen, Cumberland	7 days
Sep 27, 9:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	62 hr
Sep 27, 9:13 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	12 hr
Sep 28, 5:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	40 hr
Sep 28, 2:36 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	6 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.