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Gale Warning 24, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 18, 2026

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this gale warning at Jun 18, 2026, 3:11 PM EDT. It took effect at Jun 19, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 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: Jun 18, 2026, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 19, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 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 Jun 18, 6:40 AM EDT, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:40 AM EDT, 8 hours 31 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
Jun 17, 8:14 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow	24 hr
Jun 18, 2:10 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more	17 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.