Alert archive / North Carolina / 2006
Weather alerts in North Carolina, February 2006
51 weather alerts in February 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 February 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 51
- Warnings
- 8
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest day
- February 4, 20068 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:55 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 39 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:55 AM EST | Snow Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Swain | 27 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:02 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland and 17 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 4, 5:29 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Feb 4, 11:56 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen and 69 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 4, 1:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 18 min |
| Feb 4, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 33 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:40 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Halifax, Hertford and 5 more | 95 min |
| Feb 5, 3:17 PM EST | Snow Advisory | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 20 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:22 PM EST | Snow Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland and 17 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:46 PM EST | Snow Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 17 hr |
| Feb 9, 9:01 AM EST | Snow Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 1 more | 118 min |
| Feb 9, 9:24 AM EST | Snow Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 2 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:49 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 13 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:00 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison and 3 more | 3 days |
| Feb 10, 3:41 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:00 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 30 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:02 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 62 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:02 PM EST | Snow Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 48 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:02 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Person and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:29 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 7:22 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashe | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:27 AM EST | Snow Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 19 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:14 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe | 5 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:19 PM EST | Snow Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 32 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 26 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:14 AM EST | Snow Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:38 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:20 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:15 PM EST | Snow Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 22 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 25 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:35 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 26 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:41 AM EST | Snow Advisory | AKQ | Northampton | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Person, Randolph | 18 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 9 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Catawba, Davie, Graham and 11 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 19, 5:28 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:47 PM EST | Snow Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:05 AM EST | Snow Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 89 min |
| Feb 23, 2:26 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:33 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 14 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:41 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 22 hr | |
| Feb 25, 3:45 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie and 16 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:23 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 20 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:23 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 15 hr |
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 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 5 |
| Snow Advisory | 14 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mitchell County16
- Yancey County16
- Avery County15
- Madison County14
- Jackson County14
- Buncombe County12
- Graham County12
- Haywood County12
- Swain County12
- Macon County12
- Transylvania County11
- Henderson County10
- Ashe County9
- Alexander County8
- Rowan County8
- Cherokee County8
- Clay County8
- Catawba County7
- Davie County7
- Iredell County7
- Watauga County7
- Gaston County6
- Lincoln County6
- Alleghany County6
- Cabarrus County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- Cleveland County4
- Union County4
- Caswell County4
- Rockingham County4
- Stokes County4
- Yadkin County4
- Surry County4
- Wilkes County4
- Alamance County3
- Davidson County3
- Forsyth County3
- Guilford County3
- Northampton County3
- Person County3
55 more counties
- Randolph County3
- Beaufort County2
- Bertie County2
- Dare County2
- Duplin County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Franklin County2
- Gates County2
- Greene County2
- Halifax County2
- Hertford County2
- Hyde County2
- Jones County2
- Lenoir County2
- Martin County2
- Nash County2
- Orange County2
- Pamlico County2
- Pitt County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Vance County2
- Warren County2
- Washington County2
- Wilson County2
- Anson County1
- Bladen County1
- Brunswick County1
- Camden County1
- Carteret County1
- Chatham County1
- Chowan County1
- Columbus County1
- Craven County1
- Cumberland County1
- Currituck County1
- Durham County1
- Granville County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Lee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- New Hanover County1
- Onslow County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Pender County1
- Perquimans County1
- Richmond County1
- Robeson County1
- Sampson County1
- Scotland County1
- Stanly County1
- Wake County1
- Wayne County1
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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.