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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 6, 2024Craven County, Jones County, Pamlico County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2024, 2:39 PM EDT for Craven County, Jones County, Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2024, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2024, 4:34 PM EDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC, Pamlico County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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 nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2024-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 509 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2024-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
509 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 6, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:25 AM EDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

NCZ029-044-045-079-080-090-091-070830-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Greene-Beaufort-Duplin-Lenoir-
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING
TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Excessive Heat Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ046-047-081-092-094-193-194-198-070830-
Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Mainland Hyde-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ195-196-199-204-205-070830-
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
Hatteras Island-
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ203-070830-
Northern Outer Banks-
425 AM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Moderate Rip Current Risk.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:08 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow24 hr
Jul 6, 3:01 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningMHXBeaufort, Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt and 1 more16 hr
Jul 6, 3:15 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryMHXCraven, Dare, Hyde, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico and 1 more16 hr
Jul 6, 7:00 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX15 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.