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Heat Advisory 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 12, 202611 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this heat advisory at Aug 12, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT for 11 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 13, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin32 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.