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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 27, 20115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this areal flood warning at Aug 27, 2011, 9:23 AM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2011, 9:23 AM EDT (13:23 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 27, 8:45 AM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 8:45 AM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 1:13 AM EDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
113 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

NCZ044-079-090-091-104-280515-
PITT-GREENE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
113 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   HURRICANE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   HURRICANE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ029-045>047-080-081-092>095-098-103-280515-
MARTIN-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-JONES-
CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-
113 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
...TORNADO WATCH 810 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   TORNADO WATCH.
   HURRICANE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   HURRICANE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 27, 8:48 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 8:51 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:01 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:10 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:15 AM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:23 AM EDT, 0 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
Aug 26, 9:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Pamlico	36 min
Aug 26, 10:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 4 more	6 hr
Aug 26, 10:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Onslow	36 min
Aug 26, 10:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	52 min
Aug 26, 10:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	36 min
Aug 26, 11:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	32 min
Aug 27, 4:12 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Jones	20 hr
Aug 27, 4:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Dare, Hyde	6 hr
Aug 27, 4:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 4 more	6 hr
Aug 27, 4:52 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Craven	9 days
Aug 27, 5:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort	16 hr
Aug 27, 9:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Hyde and 8 more	12 hr
Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more	6 hr
Aug 27, 12:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Dare, Hyde	6 hr
Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin	5 hr
Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Greene	3 days
Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Pitt	8 days
Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Martin	5 hr
Aug 27, 4:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Pitt	3 days

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2011 Every areal flood warning in 2011

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.