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Gale Warning 24, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 31, 2023

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this gale warning at Aug 31, 2023, 4:53 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2023, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2023, 3:24 AM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Aug 31, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 7:35 AM EDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 10:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 31, 11:01 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 31, 12:28 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 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
Aug 30, 8:26 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow	24 hr
Aug 30, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		2 hr
Aug 31, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		85 min
Aug 31, 1:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin, Onslow	10 hr
Aug 31, 1:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Carteret	10 hr
Aug 31, 3:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		66 min
Aug 31, 4:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	6 hr
Aug 31, 5:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	7 hr
Aug 31, 9:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Carteret	5 hr
Aug 31, 9:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Jones	12 hr
Aug 31, 4:53 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		3 days

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.