Alert archive / North Carolina
Weather alerts in North Carolina, 2006
2,380 weather alerts in 2006, 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 in 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,380
- Warnings
- 1,667
- Watches
- 141
- Advisories
- 332
- Busiest month
- June448 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 14, 2006115 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,380 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 1,207 |
| Tornado Warning | 92 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 33 |
| Tornado Watch | 21 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 154 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 93 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 16 |
| Flood Watch | 26 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 7 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 9 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Snow Advisory | 29 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 15 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 11 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 5 |
| Heat Advisory | 22 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 29 |
| Freeze Watch | 15 |
| Frost Advisory | 28 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 22 |
| High Wind Watch | 12 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 56 |
| Wind Advisory | 84 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 8 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 79 |
| Tropical | |
| Inland Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| High Surf Advisory | 13 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 69 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 190 |
| Marine Weather Statement | 17 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yancey County145
- Madison County141
- Mitchell County141
- Haywood County140
- Avery County140
- Columbus County139
- Graham County136
- Transylvania County136
- Swain County135
- Jackson County133
- Wake County132
- Buncombe County131
- Henderson County131
- Macon County131
- Bladen County130
- Pitt County126
- Beaufort County126
- Johnston County125
- Duplin County123
- Gaston County123
- Mecklenburg County123
- Harnett County121
- Wayne County121
- Rowan County121
- Union County120
- Cleveland County119
- Jones County118
- Lenoir County118
- Cumberland County117
- Greene County117
- Sampson County117
- Robeson County116
- Franklin County115
- Wilson County115
- Iredell County115
- Chatham County114
- Lincoln County113
- Nash County113
- Catawba County112
- Guilford County111
60 more counties
- Cabarrus County111
- Davie County111
- Moore County108
- Anson County107
- Edgecombe County107
- Alexander County107
- Cherokee County107
- Randolph County106
- Richmond County105
- Lee County104
- Martin County104
- Warren County103
- Scotland County103
- Halifax County103
- Pamlico County103
- Hoke County102
- Durham County101
- Vance County101
- Montgomery County99
- Orange County99
- Currituck County98
- Granville County97
- Washington County97
- Craven County96
- Bertie County95
- Stanly County93
- Clay County93
- Alamance County92
- Davidson County92
- Forsyth County92
- Rutherford County92
- Onslow County91
- Tyrrell County90
- Polk County90
- Ashe County89
- Northampton County88
- McDowell County88
- Dare County87
- Hyde County87
- Burke County87
- Hertford County86
- Watauga County85
- Person County84
- Gates County84
- Surry County84
- Chowan County83
- Brunswick County82
- Camden County81
- Perquimans County80
- Alleghany County80
- Caldwell County80
- Pasquotank County78
- Rockingham County78
- Pender County77
- Caswell County77
- Wilkes County71
- Yadkin County71
- Carteret County71
- Stokes County69
- New Hanover County68
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.