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Special Marine Warning 252, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 29, 2026

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special marine warning at Jul 29, 2026, 2:46 AM EDT. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2026, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2026, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
49.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Jul 29, 2:30 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:30 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 1:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 11:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 28, 11:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 12:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 29, 1:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:53 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:05 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX95 min
Jul 28, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin28 min
Jul 28, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX89 min
Jul 28, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin38 min
Jul 28, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Washington53 min
Jul 28, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min
Jul 28, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington49 min
Jul 28, 10:59 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde31 min
Jul 28, 11:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington3 hr
Jul 28, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX84 min
Jul 28, 11:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare37 min
Jul 28, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX63 min
Jul 28, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Lenoir30 min
Jul 28, 11:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX97 min
Jul 28, 11:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXDare3 hr
Jul 28, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin34 min
Jul 28, 11:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell30 min
Jul 28, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare42 min
Jul 29, 12:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Jones, Onslow52 min
Jul 29, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX86 min
Jul 29, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Hyde41 min
Jul 29, 12:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret, Jones, Onslow42 min
Jul 29, 12:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX55 min
Jul 29, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde35 min
Jul 29, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jul 29, 1:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare, Hyde3 hr
Jul 29, 1:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret42 min
Jul 29, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX59 min
Jul 29, 1:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX2 hr
Jul 29, 1:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde37 min
Jul 29, 2:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow25 min
Jul 29, 2:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Onslow32 min
Jul 29, 2:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX60 min
Jul 29, 2:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret, Onslow31 min
Jul 29, 3:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret42 min
Jul 29, 3:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX63 min
Jul 29, 3:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX54 min
Jul 29, 3:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX83 min
Jul 29, 4:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX48 min
Jul 29, 5:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX48 min

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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.