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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 12, 2015Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2015, 9:23 AM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 12, 2015, 3:03 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2015, 9:23 AM EDT (13:23 UTC)
In effect from: May 12, 2015, 3:03 PM EDT
Expired: May 16, 2015, 8:35 AM EDT
In force: 4 days
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 14.05 ft at May 14, 2015, 4:00 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 May 12, 7:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 7:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 4:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
403 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2015

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-130815-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
403 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ095-098-103-104-130815-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
403 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2015

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 5:10 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Jones	3 days
May 12, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	48 min
May 12, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Currituck	31 min
May 12, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	20 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.