Alert archive / North Carolina / 2016
Weather alerts in North Carolina, March 2016
164 weather alerts in March 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 March 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 164
- Warnings
- 37
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 49
- Busiest day
- March 14, 201650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:18 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 33 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:29 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 27 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:33 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 30 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:33 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 54 hr | |
| Mar 1, 4:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 27 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:50 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 17 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Madison | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 57 min |
| Mar 2, 2:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 57 min |
| Mar 3, 2:30 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 41 hr | |
| Mar 3, 2:30 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 8 hr | |
| Mar 3, 2:30 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Mar 3, 2:38 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare | 32 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:28 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:27 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 38 hr | |
| Mar 3, 6:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 21 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 3 days |
| Mar 3, 3:05 PM EST | Storm Warning | MHX | 19 hr | |
| Mar 3, 3:11 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Mar 3, 3:11 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 40 hr | |
| Mar 3, 3:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 21 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:23 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:05 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 115 min |
| Mar 4, 7:48 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 24 min | |
| Mar 6, 5:36 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:48 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:48 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 29 hr | |
| Mar 13, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Edgecombe | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank and 1 more | 23 min |
| Mar 13, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Vance, Wake | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Warren | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 8:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more | 92 min |
| Mar 13, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Orange | 53 min |
| Mar 13, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 59 min |
| Mar 13, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 22 min |
| Mar 13, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 53 min |
| Mar 13, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 5:09 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:16 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 19 more | 97 min |
| Mar 14, 2:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus and 41 more | 84 min |
| Mar 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cherokee | 51 min |
| Mar 14, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Clay | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 64 min |
| Mar 14, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 44 min |
| Mar 14, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 62 min |
| Mar 14, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 31 min | |
| Mar 14, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 67 min |
| Mar 14, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 53 min |
| Mar 14, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 56 min |
| Mar 14, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 42 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 54 min |
| Mar 14, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 59 min |
| Mar 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 55 min |
| Mar 14, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange, Person | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 53 min |
| Mar 14, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Lee, Wake | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Orange | 56 min |
| Mar 14, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 57 min |
| Mar 14, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 64 min |
| Mar 14, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Granville | 67 min |
| Mar 14, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Orange | 61 min |
| Mar 14, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Wake | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 62 min |
| Mar 14, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 58 min |
| Mar 14, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 54 min |
| Mar 14, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 63 min |
| Mar 14, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax, Nash, Warren | 61 min |
| Mar 14, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 58 min |
| Mar 14, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 12:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 57 min |
| Mar 15, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 2:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones | 65 min |
| Mar 17, 9:28 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 5 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:33 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 11 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:10 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 110 min | |
| Mar 18, 7:20 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 6 hr | |
| Mar 19, 3:35 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 71 hr | |
| Mar 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 18 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 16 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 18 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:50 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 23 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 10:04 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 16 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:59 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 11 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:43 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 11 hr | |
| Mar 20, 3:48 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 16 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:07 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 35 hr | |
| Mar 20, 10:22 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 6 hr | |
| Mar 20, 11:45 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:12 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 20 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:29 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 19 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:49 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 19 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 26 hr | |
| Mar 21, 3:07 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:09 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 12 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:13 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 12 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:25 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:42 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:38 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Union | 18 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 19 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:53 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 19 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 49 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:49 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 18 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:02 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 58 hr | |
| Mar 24, 6:39 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 33 hr | |
| Mar 25, 3:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 14 hr | |
| Mar 25, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 31 min | |
| Mar 25, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 8:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 40 min | |
| Mar 25, 9:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 2:01 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 44 hr | |
| Mar 28, 2:31 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 18 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:08 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Mar 30, 3:24 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 4 days |
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 | 23 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Special Weather Statement | 67 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Freeze Watch | 6 |
| Frost Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| High Surf Advisory | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 3 |
| Storm Warning | 1 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 21 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wake County22
- Durham County16
- Franklin County15
- Granville County14
- Nash County12
- Graham County10
- Jackson County10
- Macon County10
- Swain County10
- Surry County10
- Wilkes County10
- Hertford County10
- Orange County10
- Haywood County9
- Gates County9
- Madison County8
- Burke County8
- Caldwell County8
- McDowell County8
- Stokes County8
- Halifax County8
- Chatham County8
- Alexander County8
- Cleveland County8
- Cherokee County8
- Clay County8
- Buncombe County7
- Transylvania County7
- Pasquotank County7
- Edgecombe County7
- Chowan County7
- Northampton County7
- Johnston County7
- Catawba County7
- Davie County7
- Iredell County7
- Lincoln County7
- Rutherford County7
- Yadkin County7
- Alleghany County6
59 more counties
- Currituck County6
- Perquimans County6
- Vance County6
- Alamance County6
- Henderson County6
- Polk County6
- Gaston County6
- Person County6
- Rowan County6
- Ashe County5
- Watauga County5
- Camden County5
- Warren County5
- Caswell County5
- Lee County5
- Rockingham County5
- Avery County4
- Mitchell County4
- Yancey County4
- Robeson County4
- Dare County4
- Beaufort County4
- Randolph County4
- Bertie County4
- Martin County4
- Wilson County4
- Anson County4
- Cabarrus County4
- Harnett County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Moore County4
- Union County4
- Craven County4
- Columbus County3
- New Hanover County3
- Greene County3
- Cumberland County3
- Davidson County3
- Forsyth County3
- Guilford County3
- Hoke County3
- Montgomery County3
- Richmond County3
- Sampson County3
- Scotland County3
- Stanly County3
- Pamlico County3
- Bladen County2
- Washington County2
- Pitt County2
- Lenoir County2
- Wayne County2
- Jones County2
- Pender County2
- Hyde County2
- Brunswick County1
- Duplin County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Carteret County1
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Sources
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