Alert archive / North Carolina / 2013
Weather alerts in North Carolina, December 2013
154 weather alerts in December 2013, 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 December 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 154
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 52
- Busiest day
- December 23, 201335 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2:40 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 9 hr |
| Dec 4, 6:17 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 4, 9:04 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 12 hr |
| Dec 4, 10:07 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 5, 12:25 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Dec 5, 12:39 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 5, 4:33 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 5, 9:34 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Dec 6, 1:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 83 min |
| Dec 6, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:56 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 69 hr | |
| Dec 6, 5:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 6, 8:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 43 min |
| Dec 6, 8:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 38 min |
| Dec 6, 4:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Alamance, Forsyth, Guilford, Person | 12 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:40 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell | 40 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:40 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie and 8 more | 40 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:26 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Forsyth, Guilford, Person | 36 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:26 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Granville and 6 more | 49 hr |
| Dec 7, 5:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 51 hr |
| Dec 8, 9:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance and 1 more | 84 min |
| Dec 8, 7:32 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 13 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:02 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 5 hr | |
| Dec 9, 7:39 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:22 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 38 hr | |
| Dec 9, 5:29 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 11 hr |
| Dec 10, 12:28 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 4 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:48 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 17 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:52 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Dec 10, 9:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 62 min |
| Dec 10, 11:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 64 min |
| Dec 10, 12:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 56 min |
| Dec 10, 12:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 1:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Hyde, Onslow, Pamlico | 52 min |
| Dec 11, 3:44 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 27 hr | |
| Dec 13, 4:44 AM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Dec 13, 1:52 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 37 hr | |
| Dec 13, 1:52 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 69 hr | |
| Dec 14, 4:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 14, 10:38 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell | 2 hr |
| Dec 14, 1:16 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 29 min | |
| Dec 14, 5:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 62 min |
| Dec 14, 5:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 59 min |
| Dec 14, 5:48 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chowan and 20 more | 57 min |
| Dec 14, 6:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 40 min |
| Dec 14, 6:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 54 min |
| Dec 14, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 14, 6:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 47 min |
| Dec 14, 7:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 56 min |
| Dec 14, 7:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Dec 14, 7:45 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 2 hr |
| Dec 14, 7:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 66 min |
| Dec 14, 7:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Bladen | 35 min |
| Dec 14, 8:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 59 min |
| Dec 14, 8:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 53 min |
| Dec 14, 8:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 67 min |
| Dec 14, 8:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 55 min |
| Dec 14, 8:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Dec 14, 9:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 57 min |
| Dec 14, 9:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Dec 14, 9:49 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Dare and 8 more | 56 min |
| Dec 14, 9:50 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Columbus | 115 min |
| Dec 14, 10:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 38 min |
| Dec 14, 10:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| Dec 14, 10:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 54 min |
| Dec 15, 5:50 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 15, 5:57 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:34 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 52 hr | |
| Dec 17, 8:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 60 min |
| Dec 17, 8:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax and 6 more | 52 min |
| Dec 17, 9:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more | 56 min |
| Dec 17, 10:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Wake and 2 more | 45 min |
| Dec 17, 10:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 47 min |
| Dec 18, 4:33 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 4 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:22 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 5 days | |
| Dec 21, 10:11 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 24 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:46 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 14 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:23 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:29 AM EST | Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 43 min |
| Dec 22, 5:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 43 min |
| Dec 22, 10:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 6 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:45 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 62 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:48 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 20 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 24 min |
| Dec 22, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Dec 22, 3:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 27 min |
| Dec 22, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 54 min |
| Dec 22, 3:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 24 min |
| Dec 22, 3:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Dec 22, 9:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 5 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:46 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 7 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Hoke, Lee and 2 more | 64 min |
| Dec 23, 1:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren and 1 more | 51 min |
| Dec 23, 1:52 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 8 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 30 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:39 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Macon, Swain | 7 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 55 min |
| Dec 23, 4:46 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 89 min |
| Dec 23, 5:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 73 min |
| Dec 23, 5:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 40 min |
| Dec 23, 5:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford | 66 min |
| Dec 23, 6:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 41 min |
| Dec 23, 6:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Iredell | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke | 116 min |
| Dec 23, 8:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Warren | 54 min |
| Dec 23, 8:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wilson | 56 min |
| Dec 23, 9:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 5 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:38 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 14 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:37 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 25 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 1:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 22 min |
| Dec 23, 1:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 53 min |
| Dec 23, 1:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 62 min |
| Dec 23, 2:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Wayne | 48 min |
| Dec 23, 2:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 60 min |
| Dec 23, 2:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 110 min |
| Dec 23, 3:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 3:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 3:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico, Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 4:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Tyrrell, Washington | 62 min |
| Dec 23, 9:20 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Davie | 23 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:33 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 23 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 42 hr | |
| Dec 26, 5:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:58 AM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:58 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 51 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:27 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 29 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:28 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 26 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:43 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 29 hr | |
| Dec 29, 8:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender | 86 min |
| Dec 29, 9:19 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 101 min |
| Dec 29, 9:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 61 min |
| Dec 29, 9:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 43 min |
| Dec 29, 9:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Dec 29, 10:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 51 min |
| Dec 29, 11:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow and 1 more | 57 min |
| Dec 29, 11:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Martin, Pitt | 54 min |
| Dec 29, 11:52 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 113 min |
| Dec 29, 12:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 41 min |
| Dec 29, 1:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 78 min |
| Dec 29, 1:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates | 51 min |
| Dec 30, 2:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 28 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 28 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 48 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 Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 61 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 7 |
| River Flood Warning | 9 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 15 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 10 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| High Surf Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 5 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 9 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County11
- New Hanover County11
- Pender County11
- Mecklenburg County11
- Columbus County11
- Cabarrus County10
- Bladen County10
- Burke County9
- Beaufort County9
- Jones County9
- Pamlico County9
- Edgecombe County9
- Onslow County9
- Caldwell County8
- McDowell County8
- Duplin County8
- Johnston County8
- Nash County8
- Warren County8
- Ashe County8
- Watauga County8
- Swain County8
- Mitchell County8
- Carteret County8
- Hyde County7
- Pitt County7
- Alamance County7
- Franklin County7
- Halifax County7
- Sampson County7
- Vance County7
- Wayne County7
- Wilson County7
- Stokes County7
- Surry County7
- Wilkes County7
- Yadkin County7
- Graham County7
- Transylvania County7
- Avery County7
60 more counties
- Davie County6
- Gaston County6
- Iredell County6
- Dare County6
- Tyrrell County6
- Washington County6
- Durham County6
- Orange County6
- Person County6
- Wake County6
- Alleghany County6
- Haywood County6
- Jackson County6
- Yancey County6
- Caswell County6
- Rockingham County6
- Henderson County6
- Craven County6
- Alexander County5
- Catawba County5
- Robeson County5
- Greene County5
- Lenoir County5
- Chatham County5
- Cumberland County5
- Davidson County5
- Forsyth County5
- Granville County5
- Guilford County5
- Macon County5
- Madison County5
- Union County5
- Polk County4
- Rutherford County4
- Buncombe County4
- Chowan County4
- Pasquotank County4
- Perquimans County4
- Gates County4
- Cleveland County3
- Lincoln County3
- Rowan County3
- Martin County3
- Harnett County3
- Lee County3
- Randolph County3
- Bertie County3
- Camden County3
- Currituck County3
- Northampton County3
- Hertford County3
- Hoke County2
- Montgomery County2
- Moore County2
- Scotland County2
- Stanly County2
- Anson County1
- Richmond County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
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Sources
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