Alert archive / North Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2015
River Flood Warning 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Jan 28, 2015, 9:18 AM EST for Greene County, Lenoir County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 28, 2015, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2015, 9:18 AM EST (14:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2015, 8:42 PM EST
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Contentnea Creek at Hookerton (HOKN7). The gauge peaked at 13.07 ft at Jan 29, 2015, 3:00 PM EST.
- 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 02091500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 11:19 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 17 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.