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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

November 14, 2009Martin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Nov 14, 2009, 9:02 AM EST for Martin County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 15, 2009, 10:12 AM EST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2009, 9:02 AM EST (14:02 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 15, 2009, 10:12 AM EST
Expired
Nov 20, 2009, 9:02 AM EST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Flood severity
Minor

County Martin County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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 Roanoke River at Williamston (WLLN7). The gauge peaked at 11.02 ft at Nov 21, 2009, 8:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
10.5 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02081054, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.