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Gale Warning 15, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 11, 2026

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this gale warning at Mar 11, 2026, 1:42 PM EDT. It took effect at Mar 12, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 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: Mar 11, 2026, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2026, 12:01 AM EDT
In force: 9 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 Mar 11, 9:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 9:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 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	Lasted
Mar 11, 12:38 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX	3 hr
Mar 11, 3:56 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX	5 hr
Mar 11, 1:42 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX	30 hr

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Sources

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