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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 16, 2018Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 16, 2018, 1:45 AM EST for Duplin County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 16, 2018, 6:16 AM EST. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2018, 1:45 AM EST (06:45 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 16, 2018, 6:16 AM EST
Expired
Dec 18, 2018, 9:20 AM EST
In force
51 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point N.E. Cape Fear River near Chinquapin (CHIN7).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02108000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2018Every 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.