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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

January 30, 202615 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 30, 2026, 2:45 PM EST for 15 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 31, 2026, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 39 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: Jan 30, 2026, 2:45 PM EST (19:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 2, 2026, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 30, 12:52 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 12:52 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 9:51 AM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 12:40 AM EST	Gale Warning	MHX		56 hr
Jan 30, 12:40 AM EST	Storm Warning	MHX		60 hr
Jan 30, 1:05 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde and 8 more	3 days
Jan 30, 1:05 AM EST	High Wind Warning	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	59 hr
Jan 30, 1:05 AM EST	Wind Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico and 2 more	59 hr
Jan 30, 1:30 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more	57 hr
Jan 30, 5:15 AM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	56 hr
Jan 30, 5:15 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	4 days
Jan 30, 9:48 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	MHX	Craven, Pamlico	51 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.