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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 30, 2010Jones County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 30, 2010, 2:36 PM EDT for Jones County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 7, 2010, 10:08 AM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 30, 2010, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 7, 2010, 10:08 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 8, 2010, 2:36 PM EDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Flood severity: Moderate

County Jones County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trent River at Pollocksville (PLLN7). The gauge peaked at 11.87 ft at Oct 1, 2010, 4:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 3.5 ft
Minor stage: 4 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02092554, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Sep 30, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 4:56 AM EDT, 9 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 30, 8:51 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 29, 8:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones and 4 more	6 hr
Sep 29, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven	22 min
Sep 29, 9:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin	7 days
Sep 29, 9:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Greene	62 hr
Sep 29, 9:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Lenoir	10 days
Sep 29, 9:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Pitt	34 hr
Sep 29, 9:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort	26 min
Sep 29, 10:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington	3 hr
Sep 29, 11:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		37 min
Sep 30, 12:55 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Martin, Pitt	35 min
Sep 30, 1:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	3 hr
Sep 30, 2:00 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Jones	13 hr
Sep 30, 2:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones and 5 more	6 hr
Sep 30, 2:35 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Washington	25 min
Sep 30, 4:17 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Onslow	3 days
Sep 30, 4:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington	3 hr
Sep 30, 7:07 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Washington	12 min
Sep 30, 7:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde and 8 more	6 hr
Sep 30, 11:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Craven	8 days
Sep 30, 1:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones and 6 more	6 hr
Sep 30, 5:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Washington	10 min
Sep 30, 6:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Martin, Onslow and 2 more	3 hr
Sep 30, 7:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin, Greene, Lenoir	6 hr
Sep 30, 7:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Washington	6 hr

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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.