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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 23, 2023Jones County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 23, 2023, 1:50 AM EDT for Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 23, 2023, 1:50 AM EDT (05:50 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2023, 9:39 PM EDT
In force: 20 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 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trent River at Pollocksville (PLLN7). The gauge peaked at 5.02 ft at Sep 23, 2023, 11:00 AM EDT.

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.

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 Sep 22, 8:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 8:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 8:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 22, 9:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 23, 12:53 AM EDT, 57 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
Sep 22, 8:12 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow	24 hr
Sep 23, 6:02 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Carteret, Onslow	3 hr
Sep 23, 7:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones	4 hr
Sep 23, 8:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Pitt	6 hr
Sep 23, 10:07 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MHX	Pitt	15 hr
Sep 23, 11:11 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		27 hr
Sep 23, 5:08 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Hyde	11 hr
Sep 23, 7:58 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2023 Every river flood warning in 2023

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.