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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 23, 2025Jones County, Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2025, 7:43 AM EDT for Jones County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 23, 2025, 8:58 PM EDT. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2025, 7:43 AM EDT (11:43 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2025, 8:58 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2025, 5:52 PM EDT
In force
45 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 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 14.48 ft at Mar 24, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 3:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX50 hr
Mar 23, 8:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXGreene, Lenoir, Pitt28 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2025Every river flood warning in 2025

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.