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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 28, 2023Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2023, 9:36 AM EST for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2023, 9:36 AM EST (14:36 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2023, 8:26 PM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 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 New River near Gum Branch (GUMN7). The gauge peaked at 14.10 ft at Dec 28, 2023, 3:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02093000, 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 27, 10:39 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMHX3 hr
Dec 28, 3:30 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX60 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.