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Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

February 7, 202611 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 7, 2026, 2:09 AM EST for 11 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 7, 2026, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 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
Feb 7, 2026, 2:09 AM EST (07:09 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 7, 2026, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 8, 2026, 10:02 AM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Dare County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 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 Feb 6, 6:18 PM EST, 7 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 6:18 PM EST, 7 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 1:28 AM ESTGale WarningMHX32 hr
Feb 7, 1:28 AM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray AdvisoryMHX32 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in North Carolina, 2026Every extreme cold warning in 2026

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.