Alert archive / North Carolina / 2010
Weather alerts in North Carolina, April 2010
121 weather alerts in April 2010, 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 April 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 121
- Warnings
- 55
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 31
- Busiest day
- April 8, 201021 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Martin | 15 days |
| Apr 1, 10:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Greene | 6 days |
| Apr 1, 10:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 6 days |
| Apr 3, 6:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:35 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:50 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | 9 hr | |
| Apr 3, 11:15 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Martin | 8 days |
| Apr 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 7:58 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Apr 7, 3:35 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 64 hr | |
| Apr 8, 3:12 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 13 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:13 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 66 min |
| Apr 8, 5:58 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 11 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 62 min |
| Apr 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 6:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham and 23 more | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Forsyth and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 8:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Franklin, Granville and 17 more | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 2:21 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 50 min | |
| Apr 9, 3:23 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 12 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 43 min | |
| Apr 9, 3:50 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:01 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 12 more | 89 min |
| Apr 9, 4:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 42 min | |
| Apr 9, 4:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 22 min |
| Apr 9, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| Apr 9, 5:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 14 min | |
| Apr 9, 6:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Apr 9, 3:02 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:07 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie, Iredell and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:50 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 13 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:05 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:24 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, Guilford and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 51 hr | |
| Apr 15, 9:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 52 hr | |
| Apr 16, 1:04 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 7 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:24 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Jackson, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 29 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:10 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 16 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:28 AM EDT | Gale Warning | MHX | 6 hr | |
| Apr 18, 4:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 8 hr | |
| Apr 18, 10:05 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:55 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 19 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:32 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:32 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:50 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance, Warren | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 18 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Apr 21, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 1:57 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Harnett and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:00 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 114 min |
| Apr 24, 6:45 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Apr 24, 6:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Graham | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:05 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 12:55 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell and 9 more | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 1:17 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 2:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Clay | 21 min |
| Apr 25, 3:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 113 min |
| Apr 25, 3:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Harnett, Hoke and 7 more | 73 min |
| Apr 25, 7:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Granville, Orange | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 8:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| Apr 25, 2:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson and 18 more | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 6:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Chowan, Columbus, Craven and 31 more | 89 min |
| Apr 25, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 4:29 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:55 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 2 hr | |
| Apr 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 6:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe, Gates and 6 more | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 33 min | |
| Apr 27, 3:33 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 29 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 20 hr | |
| Apr 27, 2:59 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 3:34 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 2:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| Apr 28, 3:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Apr 28, 3:44 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 11 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:38 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:38 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 10 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:49 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:54 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 18 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 18 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 | 16 |
| Tornado Warning | 12 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 10 |
| Special Weather Statement | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 9 |
| Freeze Watch | 5 |
| Frost Advisory | 15 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 1 |
| Special Marine Warning | 10 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockingham County14
- Stokes County14
- Watauga County11
- Person County11
- Cherokee County11
- Alleghany County10
- Ashe County10
- Avery County10
- Haywood County10
- Jackson County10
- Macon County10
- Mitchell County10
- Swain County10
- Yancey County10
- Surry County10
- Granville County10
- Clay County10
- Caswell County9
- Buncombe County9
- Graham County9
- Madison County9
- Orange County9
- Vance County9
- Burke County8
- Henderson County8
- McDowell County8
- Transylvania County8
- Yadkin County8
- Alamance County8
- Durham County8
- Edgecombe County8
- Franklin County8
- Nash County8
- Caldwell County7
- Davie County7
- Catawba County7
- Chatham County7
- Warren County7
- Martin County6
- Gates County6
58 more counties
- Pasquotank County6
- Iredell County6
- Anson County6
- Davidson County6
- Forsyth County6
- Guilford County6
- Halifax County6
- Wake County6
- Wilkes County6
- Camden County5
- Chowan County5
- Currituck County5
- Hertford County5
- Northampton County5
- Perquimans County5
- Rowan County5
- Moore County5
- Randolph County5
- Richmond County5
- Wilson County5
- Harnett County5
- Lee County5
- Bertie County4
- Gaston County4
- Cleveland County4
- Lincoln County4
- Rutherford County4
- Montgomery County4
- Cumberland County4
- Scotland County4
- Greene County3
- Lenoir County3
- Beaufort County3
- Dare County3
- Hyde County3
- Pitt County3
- Washington County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Union County3
- Stanly County3
- Hoke County3
- Johnston County3
- Robeson County3
- Alexander County3
- Duplin County2
- Jones County2
- Pamlico County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Craven County2
- Sampson County2
- Wayne County2
- Polk County2
- Carteret County1
- Bladen County1
- Columbus County1
- Onslow County1
- Pender 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.