Alert archive / North Carolina / 2016
Weather alerts in North Carolina, January 2016
139 weather alerts in January 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 January 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 139
- Warnings
- 36
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 68
- Busiest day
- January 21, 201619 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 7:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 177 days |
| Jan 1, 8:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin | 69 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:53 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Granville | 4 days |
| Jan 1, 6:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham | 4 days |
| Jan 2, 9:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 9 days |
| Jan 3, 2:59 AM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 23 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:24 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 4 days | |
| Jan 3, 3:34 PM EST | Gale Watch | ILM | 11 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:56 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 41 hr | |
| Jan 4, 2:25 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 31 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell | 25 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Granville | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 87 min |
| Jan 5, 1:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 114 min |
| Jan 5, 4:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MHX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 5, 9:06 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 6 days | |
| Jan 5, 8:21 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 8 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:55 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 24 hr | |
| Jan 8, 9:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 25 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:39 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 7 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:09 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 42 hr | |
| Jan 9, 7:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 33 min |
| Jan 9, 10:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Swain | 64 min |
| Jan 10, 1:15 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 45 min | |
| Jan 10, 1:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 25 min |
| Jan 10, 3:33 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 7 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:43 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Craven, Currituck, Dare and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:51 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 39 min | |
| Jan 10, 11:02 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 7 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 39 hr | |
| Jan 11, 6:24 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Jan 12, 3:45 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 27 hr | |
| Jan 12, 3:45 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 12, 3:45 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:33 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 8 hr |
| Jan 12, 11:28 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:41 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:49 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Jan 14, 4:06 AM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:15 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 45 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:53 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 40 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:53 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 52 hr | |
| Jan 15, 9:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 4 days |
| Jan 15, 11:48 AM EST | Gale Warning | ILM | 16 hr | |
| Jan 15, 12:41 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 15 hr | |
| Jan 15, 1:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| Jan 15, 2:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Robeson | 92 min |
| Jan 15, 2:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 95 min | |
| Jan 15, 3:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 39 min |
| Jan 15, 4:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Martin, Pamlico, Washington | 55 min |
| Jan 15, 5:37 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 38 min | |
| Jan 15, 5:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell | 56 min |
| Jan 15, 6:06 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 24 min | |
| Jan 15, 6:16 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 29 min | |
| Jan 15, 6:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 41 min |
| Jan 15, 6:34 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 41 min | |
| Jan 15, 11:27 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Jan 16, 12:55 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 18 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:35 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 33 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 19 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:37 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Jan 17, 4:40 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 55 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:09 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 6 hr | |
| Jan 17, 10:11 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison and 3 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hertford, Northampton | 2 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:28 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 7 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:37 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 47 hr | |
| Jan 18, 12:04 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 19, 5:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 41 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:49 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 18 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Graham | 10 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Northampton | 36 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:41 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 21 hr | |
| Jan 20, 3:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 20 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:52 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 20, 6:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 56 min |
| Jan 21, 3:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 66 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:38 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:34 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 65 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:52 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 21 more | 61 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 3 days |
| Jan 21, 5:21 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 65 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 56 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 66 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:25 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 5 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:09 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 69 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:34 PM EST | Gale Watch | MHX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:34 PM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 67 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:34 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 42 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 36 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 56 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:30 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Jan 22, 4:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:38 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Hoke, Mecklenburg, Montgomery and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 87 min |
| Jan 22, 11:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:21 PM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | MHX | 14 hr | |
| Jan 22, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 21 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 59 min |
| Jan 22, 3:56 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 44 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:56 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 46 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:42 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 66 min |
| Jan 22, 5:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 36 min |
| Jan 22, 5:56 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 49 min | |
| Jan 22, 6:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Stokes, Surry | 54 min |
| Jan 22, 6:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 7:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 8:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 57 min |
| Jan 22, 8:34 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 26 min | |
| Jan 22, 8:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 55 min |
| Jan 22, 8:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 67 min | |
| Jan 22, 9:24 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:38 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | 26 hr | |
| Jan 23, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Lenoir and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:26 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | MHX | 32 hr | |
| Jan 23, 4:26 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | 32 hr | |
| Jan 23, 4:37 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 6:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 62 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:06 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 28 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:53 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 12 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:29 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 44 hr | |
| Jan 27, 10:00 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 8 hr | |
| Jan 28, 12:17 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 43 hr | |
| Jan 28, 2:41 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 25 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:06 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 25 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:30 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 10 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Special Weather Statement | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 10 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 7 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 17 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 11 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| High Surf Advisory | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 6 |
| Special Marine Warning | 11 |
| Gale Watch | 4 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 24 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Avery County11
- Mitchell County11
- Yancey County11
- New Hanover County10
- Swain County10
- Granville County9
- Surry County9
- Buncombe County9
- Graham County9
- Haywood County9
- Jackson County9
- Madison County9
- Davie County8
- Alleghany County8
- Ashe County8
- Caswell County8
- Rockingham County8
- Stokes County8
- Watauga County8
- Burke County8
- Caldwell County8
- Iredell County8
- McDowell County8
- Durham County7
- Wilkes County7
- Yadkin County7
- Alamance County7
- Davidson County7
- Forsyth County7
- Guilford County7
- Orange County7
- Person County7
- Vance County7
- Wake County7
- Alexander County7
- Macon County7
- Polk County7
- Rowan County7
- Robeson County7
- Johnston County6
59 more counties
- Dare County6
- Currituck County6
- Chatham County6
- Franklin County6
- Halifax County6
- Montgomery County6
- Nash County6
- Randolph County6
- Stanly County6
- Warren County6
- Cabarrus County6
- Catawba County6
- Henderson County6
- Lincoln County6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Rutherford County6
- Tyrrell County5
- Pender County5
- Bladen County5
- Anson County5
- Hoke County5
- Lee County5
- Moore County5
- Richmond County5
- Scotland County5
- Cleveland County5
- Gaston County5
- Transylvania County5
- Union County5
- Brunswick County5
- Cherokee County5
- Clay County5
- Northampton County5
- Bertie County4
- Hyde County4
- Pamlico County4
- Washington County4
- Cumberland County4
- Harnett County4
- Hertford County4
- Duplin County3
- Beaufort County3
- Carteret County3
- Pasquotank County3
- Perquimans County3
- Edgecombe County3
- Sampson County3
- Wayne County3
- Wilson County3
- Columbus County3
- Martin County3
- Pitt County3
- Gates County3
- Camden County2
- Craven County2
- Greene County2
- Lenoir County2
- Chowan County2
- Jones 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.