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River Flood Warning 72, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 20, 2020Craven County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 20, 2020, 6:45 PM EDT for Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2020, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2020, 11:25 AM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Craven County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Swift Creek above Streets Ferry (SWFN7).

Action stage
4.5 ft
Minor stage
5 ft
Moderate stage
6 ft
Major stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 0209205053, 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, 5:24 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXJones18 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.