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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 20, 2023Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2023, 6:38 PM EST for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2023, 6:38 PM EST (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 2023, 4:23 PM EST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 N.E. Cape Fear River near Beulaville (BEUN7).

Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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
Dec 19, 7:42 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMHXPitt6 days
Dec 20, 9:04 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningMHXLenoir7 days
Dec 20, 9:18 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDuplin9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2023Every 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.