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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 6, 2017Martin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2017, 9:49 AM EDT for Martin County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 7, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2017, 9:49 AM EDT (13:49 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 15, 2017, 9:31 AM EDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Martin County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Roanoke River at Williamston (WLLN7). The gauge peaked at 12.09 ft at May 12, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10.5 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02081054, 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 6, 7:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 7:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 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 5, 8:11 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX		24 hr
May 6, 11:54 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.