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High Surf Advisory 19, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 23, 20204 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this high surf advisory at Dec 23, 2020, 3:07 PM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 24, 2020, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2020, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2020, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 25, 2020, 6:00 PM EST
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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 23, 2:09 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 2:09 PM EST, 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 3:24 AM ESTGale WarningMHX46 hr
Dec 23, 3:24 AM ESTStorm WarningMHX46 hr
Dec 23, 3:26 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningMHXDare, Hyde48 hr
Dec 23, 3:26 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more48 hr
Dec 23, 3:07 PM ESTCoastal Flood WarningMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde41 hr
Dec 23, 3:07 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow, Pamlico51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.