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

March 4, 2009Greene County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 4, 2009, 10:19 AM EST for Greene County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 6, 2009, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2009, 10:19 AM EST (15:19 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2009, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 9, 2009, 9:02 PM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Flood severity
Minor

County Greene County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Contentnea Creek at Hookerton (HOKN7).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02091500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.