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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 4, 2019Martin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 4, 2019, 9:55 AM EST for Martin County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 5, 2019, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2019, 9:55 AM EST (14:55 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 17, 2019, 9:17 AM EDT
In force
12 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 14:57 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 Roanoke River at Williamston (WLLN7). The gauge peaked at 12.21 ft at Mar 9, 2019, 4:00 AM EST.

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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 Mar 3, 6:07 PM EST, 15 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 6:07 PM EST, 15 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 2:46 PM EST, 19 hours 9 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 9:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell39 min
Mar 3, 9:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow38 min
Mar 3, 10:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow38 min
Mar 3, 10:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret36 min
Mar 4, 12:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret32 min

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.