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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 20, 2023Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2023, 9:04 AM EST for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 21, 2023, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2023, 9:04 AM EST (14:04 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 26, 2023, 9:46 PM EST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lenoir County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 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 Neuse River at Kinston (KINN7). The gauge peaked at 15.40 ft at Dec 24, 2023, 8:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02089500, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 19, 7:42 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Pitt	6 days
Dec 20, 9:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Duplin	9 hr
Dec 20, 6:38 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin	22 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.