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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 23, 20177 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood watch at Apr 23, 2017, 4:15 AM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 24, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2017, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 24, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 25, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Flood severity: None

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 23, 2:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 2:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 10:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 22, 10:52 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 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
Apr 22, 8:07 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX		24 hr
Apr 22, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	53 min
Apr 22, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		54 min
Apr 22, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		59 min
Apr 22, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	59 min
Apr 22, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	42 min
Apr 22, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Lenoir	63 min
Apr 23, 4:35 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		11 hr
Apr 23, 3:29 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MHX		39 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2017 Every flash flood watch in 2017

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.