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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this high surf advisory at Mar 15, 2025, 3:18 AM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 16, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2025, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2025, 10:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Mar 15, 2:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:50 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 6 hr | |
| Mar 15, 2:50 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 68 hr |
Nearby
High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2025High Surf Advisories in South Carolina, 2025Every high surf advisory 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.