Weather alerts in North Carolina, December 2011

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2011. Tap one for its archive.

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
Dec 2, 3:09 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		49 hr
Dec 4, 4:36 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		11 hr
Dec 5, 10:39 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	7 hr
Dec 6, 12:12 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	9 hr
Dec 6, 4:34 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		34 hr
Dec 6, 4:04 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	34 hr
Dec 6, 4:14 PM EST	Gale Watch	MHX		12 hr
Dec 6, 9:47 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more	28 hr
Dec 7, 3:39 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	18 hr
Dec 7, 3:54 AM EST	Gale Warning	MHX		27 hr
Dec 7, 2:25 PM EST	High Wind Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga	11 hr
Dec 7, 2:25 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Surry, Wilkes	11 hr
Dec 7, 2:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph and 2 more	76 min
Dec 7, 4:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	41 min
Dec 7, 4:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	36 min
Dec 7, 4:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	47 min
Dec 7, 4:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	26 min
Dec 7, 4:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke	40 min
Dec 7, 4:56 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Franklin and 20 more	94 min
Dec 7, 5:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	28 min
Dec 7, 5:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	39 min
Dec 7, 5:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	53 min
Dec 7, 5:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	36 min
Dec 7, 5:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren	44 min
Dec 7, 5:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	43 min
Dec 7, 5:42 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe and 19 more	33 min
Dec 7, 5:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin, Greene	64 min
Dec 7, 5:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 27 more	4 hr
Dec 7, 6:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	42 min
Dec 7, 6:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson	39 min
Dec 7, 6:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	65 min
Dec 7, 6:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Rowan	52 min
Dec 7, 6:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin and 2 more	53 min
Dec 7, 7:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell and 1 more	57 min
Dec 7, 7:49 PM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell, Polk and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 7, 8:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	54 min
Dec 7, 8:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell	34 min
Dec 7, 9:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	31 min
Dec 8, 5:02 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		13 hr
Dec 9, 3:48 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		6 days
Dec 15, 1:11 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		30 hr
Dec 16, 7:29 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		66 hr
Dec 18, 3:33 PM EST	Frost Advisory	MHX		16 hr
Dec 20, 3:14 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		42 hr
Dec 21, 9:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Swain	49 min
Dec 21, 9:24 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	13 hr
Dec 22, 4:13 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	6 hr
Dec 22, 9:35 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		42 hr
Dec 22, 2:02 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Clay, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	118 min
Dec 22, 3:20 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Clay, Macon	6 hr
Dec 22, 5:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	27 min
Dec 22, 6:25 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Clay, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	95 min
Dec 22, 7:22 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	113 min
Dec 22, 8:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	54 min
Dec 22, 9:22 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry	53 min
Dec 22, 9:57 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson	6 hr
Dec 22, 10:07 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	12 hr
Dec 22, 10:45 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	6 hr
Dec 22, 11:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes	51 min
Dec 23, 11:21 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	12 hr
Dec 25, 4:24 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		43 hr
Dec 25, 11:55 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union	6 hr
Dec 26, 12:53 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	7 hr
Dec 26, 3:15 PM EST	Wind Advisory	MHX	Dare, Hyde	46 hr
Dec 26, 3:39 PM EST	Gale Warning	MHX		42 hr
Dec 27, 3:23 AM EST	Wind Advisory	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	15 hr
Dec 27, 3:29 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	15 hr
Dec 27, 3:29 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more	27 hr
Dec 27, 3:38 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga	32 hr
Dec 27, 3:38 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	32 hr
Dec 27, 4:05 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	14 hr
Dec 27, 4:07 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke	4 hr
Dec 27, 10:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Hoke, Montgomery and 5 more	119 min
Dec 27, 11:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Sampson and 2 more	2 hr
Dec 27, 12:05 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 22 more	55 min
Dec 27, 12:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	66 min
Dec 27, 12:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	24 min
Dec 27, 12:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange, Person	52 min
Dec 27, 12:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	60 min
Dec 27, 12:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	41 min
Dec 27, 1:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Columbus	46 min
Dec 27, 1:15 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 19 more	4 hr
Dec 27, 1:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange, Person	37 min
Dec 27, 1:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Nash, Warren	51 min
Dec 27, 1:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	46 min
Dec 27, 1:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Pender	60 min
Dec 27, 2:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	57 min
Dec 27, 2:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford	29 min
Dec 27, 2:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	40 min
Dec 27, 2:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	61 min
Dec 27, 2:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	25 min
Dec 27, 2:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	39 min
Dec 27, 3:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	52 min
Dec 27, 3:59 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare and 6 more	61 min
Dec 27, 4:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	13 min
Dec 27, 4:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	20 min
Dec 27, 10:15 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		24 hr
Dec 28, 12:48 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more	8 hr
Dec 30, 3:24 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		37 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	6
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	6
Special Weather Statement	42
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	1
Areal Flood Advisory	1
River Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Cold
Frost Advisory	1
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Lake Wind Advisory	2
Wind Advisory	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	6
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Gale Watch	1
Small Craft Advisory	12

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.