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Gale Warning 26, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 22, 2026

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this gale warning at Sep 22, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT. It took effect at Sep 23, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 23, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 26, 2026, 2:03 PM EDT
In force
3 days
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 Sep 21, 7:41 PM EDT, 7 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 7:41 PM EDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 3:00 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX3 days
Sep 22, 4:00 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchMHXDare, Hyde13 hr
Sep 22, 10:23 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXDare10 hr
Sep 22, 1:39 PM EDTWind AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde3 days
Sep 22, 4:42 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow27 hr
Sep 22, 4:42 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningMHXDare, Hyde4 days
Sep 22, 4:42 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico5 days
Sep 22, 4:42 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMHXDare5 days

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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.