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Gale Watch 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 28, 2016

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this gale watch at Dec 28, 2016, 4:20 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 29, 2016, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2016, 4:20 AM EST (09:20 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2016, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 28, 2016, 3:26 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Dec 28, 4:00 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 4:00 AM EST, 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 27, 10:27 PM EST, 5 hours 53 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
Dec 28, 3:26 PM EST	Gale Warning	MHX		45 hr
Dec 28, 3:26 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		61 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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