Alert archive / North Carolina / 2016
Weather alerts in North Carolina, December 2016
119 weather alerts in December 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 119
- Warnings
- 20
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 65
- Busiest day
- December 12, 201622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 7:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 57 min |
| Nov 30, 7:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 69 min |
| Dec 2, 3:25 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 42 hr | |
| Dec 3, 3:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 31 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:25 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 29 hr | |
| Dec 4, 3:08 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 19 hr | |
| Dec 5, 5:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 55 min |
| Dec 5, 2:57 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 55 hr | |
| Dec 6, 3:55 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 26 hr | |
| Dec 6, 10:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 56 min | |
| Dec 7, 2:44 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 7, 10:11 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 5 hr | |
| Dec 8, 3:11 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 35 hr | |
| Dec 8, 3:39 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 35 hr | |
| Dec 8, 3:01 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MHX | 16 hr | |
| Dec 9, 6:31 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 26 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:00 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MHX | 17 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:00 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 64 hr | |
| Dec 11, 9:28 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 34 hr | |
| Dec 11, 9:55 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Swain | 24 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:51 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 7 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:59 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Dec 12, 7:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 34 min |
| Dec 12, 7:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 33 min | |
| Dec 12, 8:23 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 67 min | |
| Dec 12, 8:35 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 40 min | |
| Dec 12, 9:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 82 min |
| Dec 12, 9:16 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 44 min | |
| Dec 12, 9:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 58 min |
| Dec 12, 9:59 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Dec 12, 10:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 65 min |
| Dec 12, 10:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 47 min |
| Dec 12, 10:36 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 114 min | |
| Dec 12, 10:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 23 min |
| Dec 12, 11:07 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 53 min | |
| Dec 12, 11:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Pamlico | 60 min |
| Dec 12, 11:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 62 min |
| Dec 12, 12:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 29 min | |
| Dec 12, 12:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Dec 12, 12:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Hyde | 33 min |
| Dec 12, 12:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 60 min | |
| Dec 12, 12:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Dec 12, 10:19 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 13, 8:18 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, McDowell and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 13, 8:21 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 39 min | |
| Dec 14, 3:05 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 8 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:26 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 58 hr | |
| Dec 14, 5:25 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 49 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:26 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 30 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:55 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey | 22 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:58 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 31 hr | |
| Dec 15, 3:47 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 8 hr |
| Dec 15, 12:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 112 min |
| Dec 15, 9:51 PM EST | Gale Warning | ILM | 2 hr | |
| Dec 15, 9:51 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 8 hr | |
| Dec 16, 3:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 4 more | 54 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:11 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 51 hr |
| Dec 16, 5:40 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 5 days | |
| Dec 16, 9:18 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 1:38 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 20 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:22 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MHX | Greene, Martin, Pitt | 15 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:24 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:35 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 5 days | |
| Dec 16, 2:40 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 18 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:44 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 16 more | 20 hr |
| Dec 17, 1:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 17 more | 77 min |
| Dec 17, 7:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 15 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:20 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 12 hr | |
| Dec 18, 2:25 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Brunswick | 7 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 51 min |
| Dec 18, 10:13 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 6 hr | |
| Dec 18, 1:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Dec 18, 2:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 31 min |
| Dec 18, 2:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 24 min |
| Dec 18, 2:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Orange | 28 min |
| Dec 18, 2:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 51 min |
| Dec 18, 3:15 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 45 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates | 62 min |
| Dec 18, 4:41 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 12 hr | |
| Dec 18, 7:04 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 46 hr | |
| Dec 20, 5:02 AM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:51 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 48 hr | |
| Dec 23, 3:22 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 13 hr | |
| Dec 23, 3:26 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 31 hr | |
| Dec 24, 10:30 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:23 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 5 hr | |
| Dec 25, 1:23 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 23 hr | |
| Dec 25, 5:53 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:12 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 40 hr | |
| Dec 27, 2:21 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 8 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:22 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:12 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 24 hr | |
| Dec 27, 6:40 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 6 hr | |
| Dec 28, 2:21 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 8 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:20 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 63 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:20 AM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 11 hr | |
| Dec 28, 2:17 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 52 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 11 more | 52 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:37 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 51 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 25 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:26 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 45 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:26 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 61 hr | |
| Dec 28, 11:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 60 min |
| Dec 28, 11:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 56 min |
| Dec 29, 1:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 48 min |
| Dec 29, 3:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 45 min |
| Dec 29, 3:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 32 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 44 min |
| Dec 29, 4:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 43 min |
| Dec 29, 6:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 51 min |
| Dec 29, 7:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir, Onslow | 48 min |
| Dec 29, 7:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 48 min |
| Dec 29, 7:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico | 63 min |
| Dec 29, 8:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 34 min |
| Dec 29, 8:25 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 50 min | |
| Dec 29, 8:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Pamlico | 38 min |
| Dec 29, 9:05 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 85 min | |
| Dec 29, 4:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more | 61 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 32 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 5 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 15 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 24 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Swain County9
- New Hanover County9
- Graham County8
- Brunswick County8
- Ashe County8
- Watauga County8
- Jackson County7
- Union County6
- Pender County6
- Avery County6
- Mitchell County6
- McDowell County5
- Polk County5
- Rutherford County5
- Haywood County5
- Alleghany County5
- Macon County5
- Madison County5
- Yancey County5
- Cherokee County4
- Clay County4
- Burke County4
- Caldwell County4
- Cleveland County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Harnett County4
- Lee County4
- Buncombe County4
- Transylvania County4
- Gates County4
- Craven County3
- Alexander County3
- Cabarrus County3
- Catawba County3
- Gaston County3
- Bladen County3
- Columbus County3
- Onslow County3
- Carteret County3
- Pamlico County3
57 more counties
- Edgecombe County3
- Johnston County3
- Moore County3
- Nash County3
- Wilson County3
- Chatham County3
- Durham County3
- Orange County3
- Randolph County3
- Wake County3
- Bertie County3
- Hertford County3
- Caswell County2
- Person County2
- Davie County2
- Iredell County2
- Lincoln County2
- Rowan County2
- Jones County2
- Anson County2
- Cumberland County2
- Halifax County2
- Hoke County2
- Montgomery County2
- Richmond County2
- Sampson County2
- Wayne County2
- Alamance County2
- Forsyth County2
- Franklin County2
- Granville County2
- Guilford County2
- Vance County2
- Warren County2
- Surry County2
- Wilkes County2
- Northampton County2
- Henderson County2
- Camden County2
- Chowan County2
- Currituck County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Robeson County2
- Lenoir County2
- Hyde County1
- Scotland County1
- Davidson County1
- Stanly County1
- Greene County1
- Martin County1
- Pitt County1
- Rockingham County1
- Stokes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Duplin County1
- Beaufort 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.