Alert archive / North Carolina / 2009
Weather alerts in North Carolina, February 2009
101 weather alerts in February 2009, 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 29
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 49
- Busiest day
- February 11, 200926 alerts
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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 1, 3:51 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 2, 3:20 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:11 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 11 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 5 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 62 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:26 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 27 hr | |
| Feb 2, 4:31 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison and 3 more | 55 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:31 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Davie, Iredell, Jackson and 5 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Caswell, Rockingham | 32 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:28 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee | 47 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Granville, Halifax, Person, Vance, Warren | 17 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:26 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:27 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 54 hr | |
| Feb 3, 2:57 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 22 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:46 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 5 hr |
| Feb 4, 5:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 6 hr |
| Feb 4, 8:56 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:46 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 19 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:27 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 22 hr | |
| Feb 10, 11:45 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 3 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:51 PM EST | High Wind Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:56 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 36 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:56 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 45 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:01 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:50 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 59 hr | |
| Feb 11, 3:22 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:22 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 7 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:22 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:28 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 26 hr | |
| Feb 11, 4:40 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 35 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 43 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:22 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:02 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Graham | 88 min |
| Feb 11, 11:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:17 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 7 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 2 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:50 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:04 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 15 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:14 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 64 min |
| Feb 11, 4:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, McDowell, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more | 86 min |
| Feb 11, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 66 min |
| Feb 11, 5:05 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 13 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Clay | 52 min |
| Feb 11, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon | 62 min |
| Feb 11, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 56 min |
| Feb 11, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 240 days |
| Feb 11, 5:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 60 min |
| Feb 11, 7:07 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buncombe, Burke, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon and 5 more | 53 min |
| Feb 11, 7:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford | 63 min |
| Feb 11, 8:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 57 min |
| Feb 11, 10:21 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:09 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:17 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:36 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:36 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:43 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 15 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:51 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:00 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:55 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 12 hr |
| Feb 13, 5:47 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 6 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:08 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 15, 2:57 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery | 12 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 9 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:13 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 47 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:01 PM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 13 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:01 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 72 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:31 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 23 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:45 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 26 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:26 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 27 hr | |
| Feb 18, 4:15 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 26 hr | |
| Feb 18, 5:20 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Feb 18, 5:36 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:42 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 38 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:57 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 23 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:10 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Feb 18, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 9:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Feb 18, 10:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 26 min |
| Feb 19, 4:34 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:15 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 19, 5:07 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:37 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 7 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:53 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 3 days | |
| Feb 21, 3:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:10 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 17 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:55 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 42 hr | |
| Feb 28, 4:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:24 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:24 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:07 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 28 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:16 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ILM | Robeson | 11 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 | 13 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 7 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 14 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Wind Advisory | 11 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 6 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Avery County21
- Burke County20
- McDowell County20
- Mitchell County20
- Yancey County20
- Caldwell County19
- Haywood County18
- Jackson County18
- Swain County18
- Macon County17
- Madison County17
- Graham County15
- Buncombe County14
- Rutherford County14
- Ashe County13
- Watauga County13
- Cherokee County13
- Polk County13
- Alleghany County12
- Transylvania County12
- Mecklenburg County11
- Union County11
- Henderson County11
- Clay County10
- Cabarrus County10
- Davie County9
- Rowan County9
- Surry County9
- Wilkes County9
- Gaston County9
- Iredell County8
- Lincoln County8
- Alexander County7
- Cleveland County7
- Person County6
- Catawba County6
- Caswell County5
- Rockingham County5
- Granville County5
- Vance County5
54 more counties
- Warren County5
- Alamance County5
- Anson County5
- Davidson County5
- Forsyth County5
- Guilford County5
- Montgomery County5
- Orange County5
- Randolph County5
- Stanly County5
- Stokes County5
- Yadkin County5
- Halifax County4
- Chatham County4
- Durham County4
- Franklin County4
- Lee County4
- Moore County4
- Richmond County4
- Wake County4
- Dare County4
- Hyde County4
- Cumberland County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Harnett County3
- Hoke County3
- Johnston County3
- Nash County3
- Sampson County3
- Scotland County3
- Wayne County3
- Wilson County3
- Bertie County3
- Camden County3
- Chowan County3
- Currituck County3
- Gates County3
- Hertford County3
- Northampton County3
- Pasquotank County3
- Perquimans County3
- Beaufort County3
- Duplin County3
- Greene County3
- Jones County3
- Lenoir County3
- Martin County3
- Pamlico County3
- Pitt County3
- Tyrrell County3
- Washington County3
- Robeson County3
- Bladen County2
- Columbus County2
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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.