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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 13, 2025Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2025, 10:40 AM EDT for Bladen County, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 14, 2025, 7:38 AM EDT. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2025, 10:40 AM EDT (14:40 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2025, 7:38 AM EDT
Expired
May 16, 2025, 3:54 PM EDT
In force
56 hr
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 14:41 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).

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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 6:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM50 min
May 13, 10:40 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryILMPender6 days
May 13, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen64 min
May 13, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson34 min
May 13, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMColumbus33 min
May 13, 10:40 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMDarlington, Florence3 days
May 13, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarion63 min
May 13, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro58 min
May 13, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington, Marlboro57 min
May 13, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDillon37 min

Nearby

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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.