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Gale Warning 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 15, 2026

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this gale warning at Mar 15, 2026, 1:21 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 16, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 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 15, 2026, 1:21 AM EDT (05:21 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 20 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 14, 8:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 8:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 8:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 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
Mar 15, 3:33 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	46 hr
Mar 15, 1:32 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 3 more	32 hr

Nearby

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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.