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Gale Watch 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 21, 2026

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this gale watch at Sep 21, 2026, 1:58 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 23, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2026, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 23, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 22, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 watch went out at Sep 21, 3:00 AM EDT, 10 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 3:00 AM EDT, 10 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
Sep 21, 1:58 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		13 hr

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Sources

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