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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood watch at Aug 2, 2020, 3:06 AM EDT for 10 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 3, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2020, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 3, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2020, 6:56 AM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1690 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 Aug 2, 12:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 12:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 11:22 AM EDT, 15 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1122 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2020 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-021530- Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort- Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven- Southern Craven-Inland Onslow- 1122 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2020 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Tropical Cyclone Isaias is currently forecast to cross near or over the region early next week. There is uncertainty on the track and timing of Isaias but all residents should begin planning for possible significant impacts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ195-196-199-204-205-021530- West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 1122 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Tropical Cyclone Isaias is currently forecast to cross near or over the region early next week. There is uncertainty on the track and timing of Isaias but all residents should begin planning for possible significant impacts. Dangerous rip currents and rough surf will be likely through early next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ203-021530- Northern Outer Banks- 1122 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2020 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. Moderate Rip Current Risk. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Dangerous rip currents and rough surf will be likely through early next week. Tropical Cyclone Isaias is currently forecast to cross near or over the region early next week. There is uncertainty on the track and timing of Isaias but all residents should begin planning for possible significant impacts. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:05 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow | 48 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:00 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Storm Surge Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Onslow and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 42 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.