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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 6, 20254 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2025, 6:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2025, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2025, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Duplin County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2025-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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 2025-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 Aug 6, 3:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:48 AM EDT, 15 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
348 AM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025

NCZ029-045>047-080-081-094-193>195-070800-
Martin-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Beaufort-Mainland Hyde-
Pamlico-Northern Craven-Southern Craven-West Carteret-
348 AM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ203-205-070800-
Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island-
348 AM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH OF
CAPE HATTERAS...

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...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ196-199-204-070800-
East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
348 AM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025

...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...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ044-079-090>092-198-070800-
Pitt-Greene-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Inland Onslow-
348 AM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Heavy rain today and tonight has the potential to create localized
minor flooding issues.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

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
Aug 6, 1:54 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX4 days
Aug 6, 4:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDuplin4 hr
Aug 6, 5:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow3 hr
Aug 6, 5:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Craven, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt3 hr
Aug 6, 6:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCraven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt2 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.