Alert archive / North Carolina / 2012
Weather alerts in North Carolina, January 2012
134 weather alerts in January 2012, 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 January 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 134
- Warnings
- 12
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 51
- Busiest day
- January 27, 201233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:17 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 36 hr | |
| Jan 1, 10:36 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 21 more | 55 hr |
| Jan 1, 10:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 19 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 15 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:30 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 5 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:37 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 50 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash, Wake | 37 min |
| Jan 1, 8:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 2 more | 57 min |
| Jan 2, 3:03 AM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 2, 5:55 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Graham, Swain | 36 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:37 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 42 min | |
| Jan 2, 3:25 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 34 hr | |
| Jan 2, 3:31 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 25 hr | |
| Jan 2, 3:41 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:16 PM EST | Low Water Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 3, 12:25 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 12 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 12:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 22 min |
| Jan 3, 1:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 55 min |
| Jan 3, 4:09 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 19 hr | |
| Jan 4, 11:08 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 26 hr | |
| Jan 9, 9:11 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 8 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:58 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:15 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:34 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:32 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 7 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:44 PM EST | Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:54 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 30 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:28 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 36 hr | |
| Jan 11, 11:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 7 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 3:08 PM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 45 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 3:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 4:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 60 min |
| Jan 11, 4:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey | 66 min |
| Jan 11, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 65 min |
| Jan 11, 5:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 5:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 26 more | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 6:01 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 6:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Person, Randolph | 68 min |
| Jan 11, 6:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 62 min |
| Jan 11, 6:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carteret, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 92 min |
| Jan 11, 6:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 55 min |
| Jan 11, 6:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 6:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 7:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph and 2 more | 57 min |
| Jan 11, 7:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 62 min |
| Jan 11, 9:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 49 min |
| Jan 11, 9:36 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 39 min | |
| Jan 11, 10:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 56 min |
| Jan 11, 11:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 48 min |
| Jan 12, 3:35 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 33 hr | |
| Jan 12, 3:38 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:11 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 14 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 34 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:14 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 34 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:12 PM EST | Low Water Advisory | MHX | 19 hr | |
| Jan 12, 3:16 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 23 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:37 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:02 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 20 hr | |
| Jan 14, 1:57 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 17 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:19 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 17 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:41 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 38 hr | |
| Jan 15, 12:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 116 min |
| Jan 16, 6:45 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 3 days | |
| Jan 17, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 49 min |
| Jan 17, 5:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 63 min |
| Jan 17, 6:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 51 min |
| Jan 17, 8:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 66 min |
| Jan 17, 9:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 51 min |
| Jan 20, 3:46 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Jan 21, 5:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 7 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Madison, Swain | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 8:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 8:22 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham | 83 min |
| Jan 21, 8:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 9:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 9:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 9:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 9:57 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Madison | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:23 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 7 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 8:57 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 9 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:16 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 104 min |
| Jan 23, 9:40 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Harnett and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 23, 5:30 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth and 17 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 23, 5:46 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:20 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:29 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 10 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:01 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 7 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 60 hr | |
| Jan 26, 4:10 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender, Robeson | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:53 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 22 hr | |
| Jan 26, 3:43 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 21 hr | |
| Jan 27, 12:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 51 min |
| Jan 27, 1:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 54 min |
| Jan 27, 2:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 58 min |
| Jan 27, 2:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir, Onslow | 56 min |
| Jan 27, 2:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 110 min |
| Jan 27, 3:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 61 min |
| Jan 27, 4:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 45 min |
| Jan 27, 4:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Tyrrell, Washington | 58 min |
| Jan 27, 4:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 110 min |
| Jan 27, 4:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 62 min |
| Jan 27, 5:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 20 min |
| Jan 27, 5:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Durham, Montgomery, Moore, Orange | 50 min |
| Jan 27, 5:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 54 min |
| Jan 27, 6:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Durham, Montgomery, Moore, Orange | 73 min |
| Jan 27, 6:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and 3 more | 60 min |
| Jan 27, 7:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Nash and 5 more | 59 min |
| Jan 27, 8:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 9 min |
| Jan 27, 8:17 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 18 more | 88 min |
| Jan 27, 8:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Wayne, Wilson | 60 min |
| Jan 27, 8:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 56 min |
| Jan 27, 8:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 22 min |
| Jan 27, 8:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 54 min |
| Jan 27, 8:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 32 min |
| Jan 27, 9:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 9:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 50 min |
| Jan 27, 9:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 9:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 48 min |
| Jan 27, 9:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 18 min |
| Jan 27, 9:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 55 min |
| Jan 27, 10:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 10:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 11:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 58 min |
| Jan 27, 12:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 63 min |
| Jan 28, 4:34 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 32 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 | 4 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 61 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 14 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Special Marine Warning | 1 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Low Water Advisory | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashe County14
- Burke County13
- Transylvania County13
- Alleghany County13
- Watauga County13
- Buncombe County12
- Caldwell County12
- Henderson County12
- Jackson County12
- Rutherford County12
- Yancey County12
- Haywood County11
- McDowell County11
- Madison County11
- Polk County11
- Surry County11
- Alexander County10
- Avery County10
- Mitchell County10
- Swain County10
- Wilkes County10
- Catawba County9
- Graham County9
- Macon County9
- Wake County9
- Cabarrus County8
- Iredell County8
- Lincoln County8
- Mecklenburg County8
- Rowan County8
- Union County8
- Harnett County8
- Montgomery County8
- Cherokee County8
- Cleveland County8
- Yadkin County8
- Davie County7
- Gaston County7
- Edgecombe County7
- Moore County7
60 more counties
- Pender County7
- Clay County7
- Anson County7
- Stokes County7
- Lee County6
- Wilson County6
- Chatham County6
- Durham County6
- Franklin County6
- Orange County6
- Richmond County6
- Currituck County6
- Pamlico County6
- Tyrrell County6
- Nash County5
- Johnston County5
- Columbus County5
- Guilford County5
- Randolph County5
- Stanly County5
- Vance County5
- Warren County5
- Wayne County5
- Rockingham County5
- Dare County5
- Hyde County5
- Pasquotank County5
- Perquimans County5
- Beaufort County5
- Jones County5
- Lenoir County5
- Craven County5
- Alamance County4
- Davidson County4
- Forsyth County4
- Granville County4
- Halifax County4
- Hoke County4
- Scotland County4
- Carteret County4
- Camden County4
- Chowan County4
- Duplin County4
- Washington County4
- Onslow County4
- Cumberland County3
- Person County3
- Caswell County3
- Bladen County3
- Greene County3
- Martin County3
- Pitt County3
- Gates County3
- Brunswick County2
- Sampson County2
- Robeson County2
- New Hanover County2
- Bertie County2
- Hertford County1
- Northampton 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.