Weather alerts in North Carolina
112,372 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 112,372
- Warnings
- 42,163
- Watches
- 3,583
- Advisories
- 20,093
- Busiest year
- 20186,678 alerts
- Average year
- 2,741over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wake County5,044
- New Hanover County5,039
- Johnston County4,530
- Pender County4,518
- Mecklenburg County4,329
- Harnett County4,035
- Sampson County3,974
- Cumberland County3,954
- Burke County3,905
- Chatham County3,895
- Brunswick County3,865
- Wayne County3,864
- Franklin County3,852
- Durham County3,836
- Bladen County3,814
- Nash County3,806
- Guilford County3,746
- Caldwell County3,700
- Wilson County3,698
- Columbus County3,691
- Dare County3,683
- Moore County3,642
- Randolph County3,616
- McDowell County3,616
- Rutherford County3,611
- Halifax County3,598
- Union County3,596
- Edgecombe County3,592
- Cabarrus County3,586
- Iredell County3,574
- Henderson County3,562
- Currituck County3,559
- Onslow County3,534
- Granville County3,530
- Orange County3,527
- Pitt County3,503
- Robeson County3,486
- Beaufort County3,456
- Hyde County3,444
- Davidson County3,439
60 more counties
- Hoke County3,434
- Wilkes County3,416
- Jones County3,399
- Surry County3,398
- Duplin County3,383
- Rowan County3,357
- Transylvania County3,349
- Gaston County3,340
- Warren County3,313
- Lee County3,307
- Alamance County3,300
- Montgomery County3,289
- Richmond County3,287
- Lenoir County3,277
- Buncombe County3,274
- Catawba County3,274
- Craven County3,270
- Ashe County3,256
- Polk County3,249
- Forsyth County3,234
- Rockingham County3,226
- Vance County3,219
- Cleveland County3,211
- Lincoln County3,141
- Scotland County3,133
- Watauga County3,092
- Caswell County3,053
- Person County3,048
- Stanly County3,043
- Anson County3,032
- Alleghany County3,025
- Stokes County3,018
- Carteret County3,012
- Bertie County3,003
- Northampton County2,996
- Martin County2,982
- Greene County2,978
- Avery County2,972
- Hertford County2,937
- Pasquotank County2,887
- Camden County2,885
- Alexander County2,881
- Gates County2,871
- Pamlico County2,857
- Haywood County2,851
- Jackson County2,824
- Davie County2,809
- Yancey County2,798
- Chowan County2,787
- Perquimans County2,761
- Madison County2,758
- Mitchell County2,748
- Yadkin County2,726
- Washington County2,715
- Swain County2,666
- Macon County2,615
- Tyrrell County2,544
- Graham County2,459
- Cherokee County2,401
- Clay County2,016
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2:20 AM EDT | Gale Warning | ILM | 53 hr | |
| Sep 22, 11:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 3 days |
| Sep 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:57 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 65 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:00 AM EDT | Gale Warning | MHX | 4 days | |
| Sep 21, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 72 min |
| Sep 21, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 22 min |
| Sep 21, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 46 min |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.