Alert archive / North Carolina / 2015
Weather alerts in North Carolina, March 2015
130 weather alerts in March 2015, 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 March 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 130
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 65
- Busiest day
- March 11, 201515 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 28, 10:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 11 days |
| Mar 1, 3:26 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Franklin and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:43 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caswell, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:13 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 35 hr | |
| Mar 1, 4:13 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 30 hr | |
| Mar 1, 8:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 17 days |
| Mar 2, 2:45 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:57 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:13 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:28 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 10 hr | |
| Mar 2, 3:29 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 7 hr | |
| Mar 2, 3:30 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:16 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 18 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:27 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 19 hr | |
| Mar 2, 3:36 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 21 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 8 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:11 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 37 hr | |
| Mar 3, 8:56 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:54 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 35 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:07 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 43 hr | |
| Mar 4, 1:08 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 37 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:27 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:06 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:49 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:48 PM EST | Gale Watch | ILM | 12 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:01 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 47 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:01 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 66 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:36 AM EST | Gale Warning | ILM | 30 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:18 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 8 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:26 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 23 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 29 min |
| Mar 5, 1:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Hoke, Richmond, Sampson, Scotland and 1 more | 75 min |
| Mar 5, 2:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 115 min |
| Mar 5, 3:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 18 hr | |
| Mar 5, 4:16 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 21 hr | |
| Mar 5, 7:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:54 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 4 days |
| Mar 5, 9:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 40 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 3 days |
| Mar 6, 9:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 8 days |
| Mar 6, 10:01 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 8 hr | |
| Mar 7, 9:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 4 days |
| Mar 10, 4:17 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 70 hr | |
| Mar 10, 4:41 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 35 hr | |
| Mar 10, 8:24 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 28 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:22 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 11 hr | |
| Mar 10, 11:26 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 11 hr | |
| Mar 11, 10:24 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Mar 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 47 hr | |
| Mar 11, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 50 min |
| Mar 11, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 39 min |
| Mar 11, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 11, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 66 min |
| Mar 11, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 11, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 37 min | |
| Mar 11, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 24 min | |
| Mar 11, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 43 min | |
| Mar 11, 11:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 38 hr | |
| Mar 12, 3:40 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:23 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 48 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:57 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 20 hr | |
| Mar 14, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 57 min |
| Mar 14, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 3:20 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 25 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more | 54 min |
| Mar 14, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones | 55 min |
| Mar 14, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 55 min |
| Mar 15, 3:33 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 18 hr | |
| Mar 16, 2:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 51 hr | |
| Mar 16, 3:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 43 hr | |
| Mar 17, 3:01 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MHX | 19 hr | |
| Mar 18, 9:59 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 5 hr | |
| Mar 19, 3:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 56 hr | |
| Mar 19, 3:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 32 hr | |
| Mar 20, 7:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 46 min | |
| Mar 20, 9:17 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 7:08 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:07 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 50 hr | |
| Mar 22, 4:21 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 50 hr | |
| Mar 22, 8:56 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Mar 26, 3:05 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 48 hr | |
| Mar 26, 4:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 5:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 8:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 9:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Wayne, Wilson | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 54 min | |
| Mar 26, 10:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 10:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carteret | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 10:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 61 min |
| Mar 26, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 3:23 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 13 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:29 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:13 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 24 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:36 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 16 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:05 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 15 hr | |
| Mar 27, 2:08 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 13 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:30 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 19 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 2:00 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 19 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:06 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston and 9 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:25 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 30 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:58 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:04 AM EDT | Hard Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:47 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 34 hr | |
| Mar 29, 2:53 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico | 14 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:01 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 14 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:57 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:56 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 4 hr | |
| Mar 31, 4:23 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 39 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 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 7 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 6 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 11 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| High Surf Advisory | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Special Marine Warning | 5 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 25 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- New Hanover County12
- Pender County12
- Edgecombe County10
- Bladen County9
- Brunswick County9
- Pitt County8
- Beaufort County8
- Sampson County8
- Wayne County8
- Wilson County8
- Burke County8
- Caldwell County8
- Gaston County8
- McDowell County8
- Lenoir County7
- Rowan County7
- Martin County7
- Columbus County7
- Cumberland County7
- Johnston County7
- Alexander County7
- Catawba County7
- Cleveland County7
- Lincoln County7
- Rutherford County7
- Jones County6
- Washington County6
- Robeson County6
- Anson County6
- Hoke County6
- Richmond County6
- Scotland County6
- Cabarrus County6
- Davie County6
- Iredell County6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Polk County6
- Union County6
- Buncombe County6
- Graham County6
60 more counties
- Haywood County6
- Jackson County6
- Madison County6
- Swain County6
- Greene County5
- Durham County5
- Franklin County5
- Granville County5
- Orange County5
- Person County5
- Vance County5
- Wake County5
- Warren County5
- Halifax County5
- Harnett County5
- Lee County5
- Montgomery County5
- Moore County5
- Stanly County5
- Chowan County5
- Currituck County5
- Gates County5
- Pasquotank County5
- Alleghany County5
- Ashe County5
- Watauga County5
- Cherokee County5
- Clay County5
- Dare County5
- Hyde County5
- Pamlico County5
- Henderson County5
- Macon County5
- Alamance County4
- Caswell County4
- Chatham County4
- Davidson County4
- Guilford County4
- Randolph County4
- Duplin County4
- Camden County4
- Hertford County4
- Perquimans County4
- Tyrrell County4
- Transylvania County4
- Rockingham County3
- Forsyth County3
- Nash County3
- Bertie County3
- Northampton County3
- Avery County3
- Mitchell County3
- Yancey County3
- Stokes County2
- Surry County2
- Wilkes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Craven County2
- Carteret County2
- Onslow 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.