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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 13, 2018Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Aug 13, 2018, 7:38 AM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2018, 7:38 AM EDT (11:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2018, 6:46 AM EDT
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point New River near Gum Branch (GUMN7). The gauge peaked at 17.18 ft at Aug 13, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02093000, 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 Aug 13, 7:00 AM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 7:00 AM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 4:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 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
Aug 12, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	63 min
Aug 12, 11:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		39 min
Aug 13, 12:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		34 min
Aug 13, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	28 min
Aug 13, 12:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	83 min
Aug 13, 2:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		48 min
Aug 13, 11:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		55 min
Aug 13, 11:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	39 min
Aug 13, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	23 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

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.