A cold front, combined with tropical moisture from Tropical Storm Eta produced flash flooding.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
A cold front, combined with tropical moisture from Tropical Storm Eta produced flash flooding.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Nov 12, 12:39 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington NC 603 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020 AMZ250-252-254-256-131115- Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Little River Inlet to Murrells Inlet SC out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Murrells Inlet to South Santee River SC out 20 nm- 603 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the adjacent Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. A Small Craft Advisory could linger into early Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ087-096-099-105-106-108>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056- 058-059-131115- Robeson-Bladen-Columbus-Inland Pender-Coastal Pender- Coastal New Hanover-Inland Brunswick-Coastal Brunswick-Marlboro- Darlington-Dillon-Florence-Marion-Williamsburg-Coastal Horry- Inland Georgetown-Coastal Georgetown-Central Horry-Northern Horry- 603 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ107-131115- Inland New Hanover- 603 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Coastal Flood Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Minor tidal flooding may prevail for several more days along the lower Cape Fear river. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 8
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1127 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020 SCZ033-054>056-058-121715- Marion SC-Coastal Georgetown SC-Coastal Horry SC- Inland Georgetown SC-Central Horry SC- 1127 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL GEORGETOWN...SOUTHWESTERN HORRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM EST... At 1126 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Oatland, or 8 miles north of Georgetown, moving northeast at 40 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Georgetown, Socastee, Dongola, Plantersville, Graves, Yauhannah, Bucksville, Oatland, Bucksport and Georgetown Memorial Hospital. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Thunderstorms can pose a variety of threats including gusty winds, small hail, cloud to ground lightning, and localized flooding. It is recommended that you remain indoors until the storm passes. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3347 7952 3384 7923 3371 7899 3332 7928 TIME...MOT...LOC 1626Z 209DEG 34KT 3349 7933 VAO
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</html>The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:17 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
NC DOT reported flooding and a washout on Indian Heritage Rd near Benny Rd. Flash flooding was also reported on Wilkins Rd near Howell Rd. More flooding occurred on Lamb Rd near Long Rd.
There were reports of two feet of water on Shore Drive. Several vehicles were stalled.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, November 2020
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 927404, 927405.