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High Surf Advisory 18, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 16, 2020Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this high surf advisory at Dec 16, 2020, 2:54 AM EST for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 16, 2020, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 16, 2020, 2:54 AM EST (07:54 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2020, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 17, 2020, 3:06 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Carteret County, NC, Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Dec 15, 6:57 PM EST, 7 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 6:57 PM EST, 7 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 5:22 PM EST, 9 hours 32 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
Dec 16, 12:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	36 min
Dec 16, 1:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	30 min
Dec 16, 1:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones	31 min
Dec 16, 2:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pamlico	40 min
Dec 16, 2:24 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		66 min
Dec 16, 3:39 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		96 min
Dec 16, 4:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	10 min
Dec 16, 4:12 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	MHX	Carteret	21 hr
Dec 16, 4:42 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		63 min

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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.