Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Watches in 2018
Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood watch at Sep 12, 2018, 5:09 AM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 13, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2018, 5:09 AM EDT (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 276 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Sep 12, 3:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 3:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 11:24 AM EDT, 17 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1124 AM EDT Tue Sep 11 2018 NCZ029-044>047-080-081-092>094-121530- Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Beaufort-Mainland Hyde- Jones-Craven-Pamlico- 1124 AM EDT Tue Sep 11 2018 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... ...STORM SURGE WATCH IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Storm Surge Watch. Hurricane Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Storm Surge Watch. Hurricane Watch. Hurricane Florence is forecast to remain a dangerous major hurricane and make landfall in the Carolinas late Thursday into early Friday. There is still some uncertainty regarding the track forecast, but confidence continues to increase in Eastern North Carolina seeing significant to potentially life threatening impacts. Please continue to monitor the latest forecasts on Hurricane Florence. Now is time to prepare an emergency kit and review your hurricane plan. For more information please view our briefing available on our webpage. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ079-090-091-121530- Greene-Duplin-Lenoir- 1124 AM EDT Tue Sep 11 2018 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Hurricane Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Hurricane Watch. Hurricane Florence is forecast to remain a dangerous major hurricane and make landfall in the Carolinas late Thursday into early Friday. There is still some uncertainty regarding the track forecast, but confidence continues to increase in Eastern North Carolina seeing significant to potentially life threatening impacts. Please continue to monitor the latest forecasts on Hurricane Florence. Now is time to prepare an emergency kit and review your hurricane plan. For more information please view our briefing available on our webpage. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ095-098-103-104-121530- Carteret-Onslow-Outer Banks Dare-Outer Banks Hyde- 1124 AM EDT Tue Sep 11 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... ...STORM SURGE WATCH IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Beach Hazards Statement. Storm Surge Watch. Hurricane Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Storm Surge Watch. Hurricane Watch. Hurricane Florence is forecast to remain a dangerous major hurricane and make landfall in the Carolinas late Thursday into early Friday. There is still some uncertainty regarding the track forecast, but confidence continues to increase in Eastern North Carolina seeing significant to potentially life threatening impacts. Please continue to monitor the latest forecasts on Hurricane Florence. Now is time to prepare an emergency kit and review your hurricane plan. For more information please view our briefing available on our webpage. An enhanced rip current threat will continue through the week, with rough surf developing, due to increasing swells from Hurricane Florence. Minor ocean overwash will be possible at times of high tide along the Outer Banks through Tuesday. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:45 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | 71 hr | |
| Sep 11, 8:45 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.