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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 18, 2019Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2019, 9:45 AM EDT for Pitt County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 19, 2019, 11:22 AM EDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2019, 9:45 AM EDT (13:45 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2019, 11:22 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 21, 2019, 7:31 AM EDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:49 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 river

Written for the forecast point Tar River at Greenville (PGVN7).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02084000, 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 Apr 18, 6:23 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:23 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 4:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
426 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2019

NCZ196-204-205-190830-
East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
426 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2019

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   High Wind Watch.

A powerful cold front will impact the area Friday afternoon into
Saturday morning, bringing strong winds and the potential for severe
thunderstorms - with damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes the
primary concern. Coastal flooding and large surf are also possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>195-198-199-203-190830-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-West Carteret-Inland Onslow-Coastal Onslow-
Northern Outer Banks-
426 AM EDT Thu Apr 18 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

A powerful cold front will impact the area Friday afternoon into
Saturday morning, bringing strong winds and the potential for severe
thunderstorms - with damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes the
primary concern. Coastal flooding and large surf are also possible.

.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
Apr 18, 3:34 AM EDT	High Wind Watch	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	12 hr
Apr 18, 3:52 AM EDT	Gale Watch	MHX		11 hr
Apr 18, 3:13 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	33 hr
Apr 18, 3:13 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow	40 hr
Apr 18, 3:14 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MHX		39 hr
Apr 18, 3:14 PM EDT	Storm Warning	MHX		33 hr
Apr 18, 4:00 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow	52 hr
Apr 18, 4:00 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow	53 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.