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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 5, 2014Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Aug 5, 2014, 9:53 AM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 5, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2014, 9:53 AM EDT (13:53 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 5, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 7, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Duplin County, NC

The river

Written for the forecast point N.E. Cape Fear River near Chinquapin (CHIN7). The gauge peaked at 13.15 ft at Aug 6, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT.

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 02108000, 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 Aug 5, 5:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 5:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 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 5, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare, Hyde	44 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.