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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 30, 2009Martin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 30, 2009, 2:12 PM EST for Martin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2009, 2:12 PM EST (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2010, 2:12 PM EST
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Martin County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Roanoke River at Hamilton (HMLN7). The gauge peaked at 17.34 ft at Dec 31, 2009, 12:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02081028, 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 Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 3:17 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX43 hr
Dec 30, 2:12 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMHXMartin6 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.