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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 30, 2020Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2020, 3:33 AM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 30, 2020, 3:48 AM EDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2020, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2020, 3:48 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2020, 12:08 AM EDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point New River near Gum Branch (GUMN7). The gauge peaked at 16.79 ft at May 30, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02093000, 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 May 30, 3:19 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:19 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 8:00 PM EDT, 7 hours 33 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
May 29, 9:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin	5 days
May 30, 3:17 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		49 hr
May 30, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		94 min
May 30, 7:51 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.