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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 30, 200612 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood watch at Aug 30, 2006, 2:33 PM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 31, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2006, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 31, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 1, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Flood severity
None

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 30, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 5:04 AM EDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
504 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-310915-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
504 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS FROM
CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH TODAY.

DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 104 DEGREES WILL OCCUR
BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
STALL OVER NORTHERN OR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT
THROUGH THIS. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL
PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

TROPICAL SYSTEM ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. STRONG WINDS AND ESPECIALLY HEAVY
RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN AND FLOODING COULD
OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST ADVISORIES
CONCERNING ERNESTO FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-310915-
ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
504 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 20 KNOTS WILL PRODUCE SEAS TO 5 FEET THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM OREGON INLET TO SURF
CITY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO AFFECT THE CAROLINAS
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST ADVISORIES
CONCERNING ERNESTO FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX65 min
Aug 30, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXJones, Lenoir28 min
Aug 30, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Jones48 min
Aug 30, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Jones41 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2006Every flash flood watch in 2006

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.