Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
155 AM EST TUE FEB 17 1998

RDU: CONT CRNT HEADLINES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
REGION INTO THE MORNING. SHLD SEE ANOTHER 2 INCHES OR SO AND THINK
THIS WOULD NOT LEAD TO MANY PROBLEMS. HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR HAS BEEN
ALONG IMD CST WHERE FLOODING NOT A BIG PROBLEM MAINLY LOTS OF
STANDING WTR. SHLD BE ABLE TO HNDL WITH STATEMENTS...IF WE HAVE TO GO
WITH A WATCH WOULD PREFER IT TO BE A FLOOD WATCH NOT A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH. BEST CONVECTION LIKELY ARND DAYBRK OR SHORTLY AFTR WHEN BEST
INSTAB AND LOW LVL JET MV ACRS. WILL BE WARM AND WINDY ACRS MHX CWA
TDY WITH MID AND UPR 60S MST LOCATIONS.

CWF: WINDS INCREASING ACRS SRN WTRS AS MIXING IS STARTING TO TAKE PLACE.
THINK SOLID GALE BEST WAY TO GO AS MAJORITY OF LOCATIONS WL NOT SEE
SUSTAINED STORM FORCE WINDS. BIG SEAS S AND OFFSHR WILL BEGIN TO REACH
CST LTR THIS MORNING. TIDE CYCLE IS LOW SO PREFER TO STAY WITH A CSTL
FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME AS MAINLY CONCERNED WITH EROSION AND MINOR
OVERWASH SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS WITH TIDES ABOUT 2 FEET ABV NORMAL.
WIND AND WAVE DIR NOT FVRBL FOR EROSION OR OVERWASH N OF HAT.  WITH
SOUNDS FULL OF WTR THINK BEST TO CONT FLOOD WATCH ACRS THIS AREA
ALSO. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS AFTN AS BEST GRDNT SHFTS N.
NO CHNGS PLANNED TO LTR PDS OF FCST AS HAVENT HAD TIME TO LOOK THAT
FAR AHEAD.

.MHX...GALE WARNING CSTL WTRS AND SOUNDS.
       COASTAL FLOOD WATCH S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO N OF SURF CITY.
       HEAVY SURF ADVISORY S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO N OF SURF CITY.
FREDERICK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
225 AM EST TUE FEB 17 1998

...STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST...

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ALONG THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH
COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BEACHES. THESE
WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS WITH LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES
POSSIBLE. AREAS FROM CEDAR ISLAND WEST TO CHERRY POINT AND SOUTH WILL
LIKELY SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOTORIST SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR THESE STRONG WINDS AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS.

FREDERICK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
435 AM EST TUE FEB 17 1998

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

VERY GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE REGION
THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 3O TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST FROM CEDAR ISLAND AND CHERRY POINT
SOUTH ACROSS CARTERET AND ONSLOW COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN FROM
KINSTON TO GREENVILLE.

THESE WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS WITH LOCALIZED POWER
OUTAGES POSSIBLE. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STRONG WINDS
ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING OVER HIGH RISE BRIDGES.

FREDERICK