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Gale Warning 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

January 24, 2026

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this gale warning at Jan 24, 2026, 11:23 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 25, 2026, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 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
Jan 24, 2026, 11:23 AM EST (16:23 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 25, 2026, 8:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 25, 2026, 9:05 PM EST
In force
13 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 Jan 23, 2:30 PM EST, 20 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 2:30 PM EST, 20 hours 53 minutes before
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Sources

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