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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 20, 2020Jones County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 20, 2020, 5:24 PM EDT for Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2020, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2020, 11:21 AM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Jones County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 Trent River at Pollocksville (PLLN7). The gauge peaked at 4.45 ft at Sep 20, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
3.5 ft
Minor stage
4 ft
Moderate stage
7 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02092554, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 6:45 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXCraven17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2020Every 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.