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Flood Watch 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 5, 2025Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this flood watch at Jul 5, 2025, 12:50 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Columbus County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jul 5, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2025, 12:50 PM EDT (16:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2025, 11:46 AM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Flood severity: None

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 16:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jul 5, 6:48 AM EDT, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:48 AM EDT, 6 hours 2 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
Jul 5, 1:42 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	ILM	Brunswick	42 hr
Jul 5, 1:49 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		9 hr
Jul 5, 3:14 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Brunswick	17 hr
Jul 5, 8:00 AM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	27 hr
Jul 5, 11:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	88 min
Jul 5, 2:10 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	6 hr
Jul 5, 7:51 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Jul 4, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	40 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2025 Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2025 Every flood watch in 2025

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.