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Flood Watch 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 10, 2015Duplin County, Jones County, Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flood watch at May 10, 2015, 7:04 AM EDT for Duplin County, Jones County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2015, 7:04 AM EDT (11:04 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2015, 5:27 AM EDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Flood severity: None

Counties Duplin County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 10, 6:25 AM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 6:25 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 4:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 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
May 10, 4:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones	52 min
May 10, 11:32 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX		32 hr
May 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones, Onslow	51 min
May 10, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		41 min
May 10, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Jones, Pitt	53 min
May 10, 5:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Lenoir	11 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2015 Every flood watch in 2015

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.