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Gale Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

February 24, 2026

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this gale warning at Feb 24, 2026, 12:42 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 25, 2026, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 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 24, 2026, 12:42 PM EST (17:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 25, 2026, 9:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 25, 2026, 9:00 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Feb 24, 12:28 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 12:28 PM EST, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 4:14 AM EST, 8 hours 28 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
Feb 24, 12:42 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		63 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.